"Organized force alone enables the quiet and the……" — Alfred Thayer Mahan
"Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within."
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Alfred Thayer Mahan
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9 Quotes by Alfred Thayer Mahan
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Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.
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The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the…
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The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.
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Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will…
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War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may…
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Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the…
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Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.
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Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.
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