The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
Naval dominance of European waters was the largest, longest, most complex and expensive project ever undertaken by the British state and society. — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated - Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, so do my and the lash. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.” — Arthur Nicholson Copy Share Image
I went to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then I went right into the Navy after that. — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There is a story, no doubt apocryphal, that gamers at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, have many times replayed… — Robert Cowley Copy Share Image
So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give… — Josephus Daniels Copy Share Image
Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and… — Mark Kelly Copy Share Image
I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and… — Karl Donitz Copy Share Image
“The sudden disproof of the reassuring, structured assumptions about the formula for naval mastery, which had accumulated during the untesting age of… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
It is clear that the flame of True Freedom had passed with naval supremacy and constitutional, consultative government from the United Provinces… — Peter Padfield Copy Share Image
The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was… — Richard Hough Copy Share Image
Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I am for relying for internal defense on our militia solely till actual invasion, and for such a naval force only as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is pleasant to notice that the harmony between the naturalists and officers of the "Blake" was not for an instant disturbed… — Alexander Agassiz Copy Share Image
'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
What if there's another terrorist attack? I cringe at the ideas of our enemies watching this, knowing much like the president we… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a very naval, military, and conservative background. My father and his friends had very typical opinions of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor - the president - governor - president.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
“What manner of ship is this? What does it do? What is its combat record? Well, those are fair questions, if difficult… — Thomas Heggen Copy Share Image
I wrestled and played football in high school and in my last year, I started as a wrestler and actually had a… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I'm a reasonably good actor, and I'm an average naval officer. Ha, ha! — Mark Hadlow Copy Share Image
