To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression.

Respecting the United Nations as the living sign of all people's hope for peace, we shall strive to make it not merely an eloquent symbol but an effective force. And in our quest for an honorable peace, we shall neither compromise, nor tire, nor ever cease.

Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.

Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.