--- title: "9 Sea power Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Sea power quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Sea power sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/erich-raeder-77366_inspirational_all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power-27_2722507.jpg" --- > [All wars will be settled by sea power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-raeder/all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power/) [Erich Raeder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-raeder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/erich-raeder-77366_inspirational_all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power-27_2722507.jpg) > [“The most important part of this article was Wylie’s development of the idea that the purpose of sea power is to project…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-wylie/the-most-important-part-of-this-article-was-wylie-s-development-of/) [J.C. Wylie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-wylie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ca/j-c-wylie-16136_sea-power_the-most-important-part-of-this-article_3166909.jpg) > [Freedom of action in space is as important to the United States as air power and sea power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/freedom-of-action-in-space-is-as-important-to-the-united-states-as/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/george-w-bush-64_action_freedom-of-action-in-space-is-as-importa_2946612.jpg) > [It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/it-was-both-necessary-and-desirable-for-us-to-be-so-strong-at-sea/) [Bernhard von Bulow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-von-bulow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/bernhard-von-bulow-41710_attack_it-was-both-necessary-and-desirable-for_11351.jpg) > [In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andrew-spaatz/in-our-victory-over-japan-airpower-was-unquestionably-decisive-that/) [Carl Andrew Spaatz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-andrew-spaatz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d4/carl-andrew-spaatz-73971_air-power_in-our-victory-over-japan-airpower-was-u_2213166.jpg) > [No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/no-big-modern-war-has-been-won-without-preponderant-sea-power-and/) [Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5b/samuel-eliot-morison-27265_bigs_no-big-modern-war-has-been-won-without-p_1985686.jpg) > [But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-eliot-morison/but-sea-power-has-never-led-to-despotism-the-nations-that-have/) [Samuel Eliot Morison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-eliot-morison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/samuel-eliot-morison-27265_athens_but-sea-power-has-never-led-to-despotism_386532.jpg) > [The common sense of the word (navy) as we use it today refers to a permanent fighting service made up of ships…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-rodger/the-common-sense-of-the-word-navy-as-we-use-it-today-refers-to-a/) [Nicholas Rodger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-rodger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d3/nicholas-rodger-38867_common_the-common-sense-of-the-word-navy-as-we_743144.jpg) > [“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-thayer-mahan/the-history-of-sea-power-is-largely-though-by-no-means-solely-a/) [Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-thayer-mahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f0/alfred-thayer-mahan-40064_business_the-history-of-sea-power-is-largely-thou_2453631.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sea-power/#itemlist", "name": "Sea power Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All wars will be settled by sea power.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erich Raeder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-raeder/all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/erich-raeder-77366_inspirational_all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power-27_2722507.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/erich-raeder-77366_inspirational_all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power-27_2722507.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54e/erich-raeder-77366_inspirational_all-wars-will-be-settled-by-sea-power-27_2722507.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All wars will be settled by sea power.” — Erich Raeder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The most important part of this article was Wylie’s development of the idea that the purpose of sea power is to project control over the land.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "J.C. 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The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the United States-are those that have preserved freedom for themselves and have given it to others. 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The profound influence of sea commerce upon the wealth and strength of countries was clearly seen long before the true principles which governed its growth and prosperity were detected. To secure to one's own people a disproportionate share of such benefits, every effort was made to exclude others, either by the peaceful legislative methods of monopoly or prohibitory regulations, or, when these failed, by direct violence. The clash of interests, the angry feelings roused by conflicting attempts thus to appropriate the larger share, if not the whole, of the advantages of commerce, and of distant unsettled commercial regions, led to wars. On the other hand, wars arising from other causes have been greatly modified in their conduct and issue by the control of the sea. 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