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

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.

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

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 in the Air. In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.

Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.