Greatest Quote by William Blackstone

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark…

— William Blackstone

A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we…

— Woodrow Wilson

Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.

— Walter Raleigh

In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one of their…

— Nicholas Rodger

Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods…

— Nicholas Rodger

It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We shall see…

— Nicholas Rodger

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

— Ernest Bevin

The United States Navy is of critical importance to the defense of this country and to maintaining freedom of the seas internationally.

— Robert C. O'Brien

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

My uncles and my father were all in the Royal Navy. One of my uncles, as a matter of fact, was drowned in the…

— Vanessa Redgrave

In my opinion the greatest advantage we can at present expect from our Navy; for at this early period We can not expect to…

— William Whipple

“The Royal Navy had not built its magnificent reputation over the centuries by avoiding battle.”

— Arthur Nicholson