Attack Quote by Bernhard von Bulow

“The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently…

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

Without command of the seas ensured by the Navy, it will become more difficult to project American power where necessary to defeat terrorists, interdict…

— Robert C. O'Brien

We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of…

— Condoleezza Rice

What is American strategy first of all? So American strategy is to command the seas, right? The foundation of our power is sea control.…

— George Friedman

Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean…

— John F. Kennedy

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

— Carlos Mesa

“The sea slapped ominously, confessing its strategic impartiality. The sea is an international sea, and the sky a universal sky. Often we forget that.…

— Hilary Thayer Hamann

The ocean is the grand vehicle of trade, and the uniter of distant nations. To us it is peculiarly kind, not only as it…

— James Hervey

Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.

— Chester W. Nimitz

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.

— Robert Henri

“Ah! These commercial interests -- spoiling the finest life under the sun. Why must the sea be used for trade -- and for war…

— Joseph Conrad

We must protect our ocean as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.

— Sylvia Earle