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“The nuclear weapons on board just one of our Trident submarines contain eight times the firepower expended in all of World War II.”

— John Allen Paulos

I believe the only way you can make sure that submarines will not be abused in future wars is that there should be no…

— Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

“For a nation that struggled to manufacture decent elevators and shoes, in a system in which wool shirts were not necessarily wool, approval of…

— C.J. Chivers

When I assumed command of the Pacific Fleet in 31 December, 1941; our submarines were already operating against the enemy, the only units of…

— Chester W. Nimitz

“One matter has been settled by this war which my association with the Navy has led me to be particularly interested in. The U-boat…

— Albertus Wright Catlin

“If political scientists couldn’t predict the downfall of the Soviet Union—perhaps the most important event in the latter half of the twentieth century—then what…

— Nate Silver

“And now submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder.”

— John Steinbeck

Nobody now fears that a Japanese fleet could deal an unexpected blow on our Pacific possessions. Radio makes surprise impossible.

— Josephus Daniels

“Don’t call these the “wonders of Soviet heroism" when you write about it. Those wonders really did exist. But first there had to be…

— Svetlana Alexievich

“again concluded that the Soviet Union “with a high degree of confidence” could kill the president, vice president, and all fourteen remaining successors within…

— Garrett M. Graff

For years, I've been wondering what could happen to nuclear submarines when they dive and disappear from the surface of the earth for months,…

— Guy Hamilton

“Nothing can stop an enemy from picking wireless messages out of the free air - and nothing did.”

— Barbara Tuchman