Billions Quote by Abraham Flexner

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

— Ernest Bevin

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they…

— John C. Calhoun

We could say the government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own…

— Ronald Reagan

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit…

— Nelson Mandela

To expect, indeed, that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored in Great Britain, is as absurd as to expect that an…

— Adam Smith

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.

— Yanis Varoufakis

We need to stop this overspending. We need to start turning this battleship in the right direction. And we all have to share in…

— Jeff Fortenberry

I hope that's what the taxpayers of Great Britain expect, is expect us to, when we make investments in countries, that they work. And…

— George W. Bush

Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

The issue is to trying to figure out why we end up spending so much more than other countries.

— Bernie Sanders

There is no escape from the vast imbalances in international trade and finance. They will be corrected, sooner or later, by the inexorable principles…

— Hans F. Sennholz

You saw Britain back in the early days of sailing ships. They were the sea power, the controlled the seas and they had colonies…

— Leroy Chiao