Government Quote by Guy De Maupassant

“Any government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck." [ On Water ]”

— Guy de Maupassant

Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds,…

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

— Horatio Nelson

What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain.

— Fritz Sauckel

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

— Horatio Nelson

A ship is safe in it's harbor.. but that's not what ships are for.

— Heavy D

A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.

— Anonymous

(Mariners) have written one of its most brilliant chapters. They have delivered the goods when and where needed in every theater of operations and…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. —John A. Shedd”

— Adam Silvera

“If an enemy ship cannot be taken over by our own crews, it must be sunk! There is to be no deviation from that!”

— Michael G. Kramer

You don't need to be for or against the war to provide morale and support to the men and women who are fighting over…

— Mike Thompson

There can be only one Captain to a ship.

— Thomas John Barnardo