Navy Quotes

300 Navy quotes by 225 unique authors

In view of the result of attained at the Washington Treaty which, my advisors believe, guarantee peace in the Pacific for some time to come,… — Unknown Author
When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services libraries for having on hand… — James A. Michener
Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has… — Noam Chomsky
All I asked was, where do I sign? Some of the other navy men said I was rooting for the war to last forever. (after… — Otto Graham
By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific, because the United… — Barack Obama
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful… — Emma Goldman
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. — Chester W. Nimitz
Don't give up the ship! — James Lawrence
You may fire when you are ready Gridley. — Unknown Author
Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace.… — John F. Kennedy
As an enlisted sailor, I don't feel that the Navy is advancing me in rank fast enough, so I'm going to change my last name… — Brad Wilkerson
When the child has reached manhood he is thoroughly saturated with the belief that he is chosen by the Lord himself to defend his country… — Emma Goldman
The appropriation of public money always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill. If we are to have a billion… — Calvin Coolidge
I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best… — William Howard Taft
Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in your fields and serve in your houses - that… — Lord Byron
I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever. — Peter Berg
I want you to know I'm an Army brat; I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the… — Kris Kristofferson
The only color I don't have is navy brown. — Yogi Berra
This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July. — Kenneth Anger
Today at Pearl Harbor, veterans are gathering to pay tribute to the young men they remember who never escaped the sunken ships. And over the… — George W. Bush
I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer. — Marc Garneau
War is a nasty, dirty, rotten business. It's all right for the Navy to blockade a city, to starve the inhabitants to death. But there… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery… — Winston Churchill
I have a mathematical certainty that the future will confirm my assertion that aerial warfare will be the most important element in future wars, and… — Giulio Douhet
The powers know that the people at large are like children whose despair, sorrow, and tears can be turned into joy with a little toy.… — Emma Goldman

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