Quote by J.C. Wylie

“Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“To continue to utilize the forces of our Air and Navy without an effective ground element cannot be decisive.”

— T. R. Fehrenbach

I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the…

— William Howard Taft

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they…

— John C. Calhoun

“a ship could be built entirely from foreign planks, but it must have its own form”

— Osip Mandelstam

“The goal of Seasteading is for wealthy people to eventually secede into fully independent nation-states, floating in the open ocean—protected from sea-level rise and…

— Naomi Klein

A ship in harbour is safe, but it's not fulfilling its potential

— Susan Jeffers

It is true, we are such poor navigators that our thoughts, for the most part, stand off and on upon a harborless coast, are…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Building a naval power takes generations, not so much to develop the necessary technology as to pass along the accumulated experience that creates good…

— George Friedman

I do not hesitate to say that the limitation on naval craft between the great naval powers was too high.

— Frank B. Kellogg

Maritime transportation is critical to job creation, climate resiliency, and trade.

— Jake Auchincloss

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