Navy Quotes

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. And with it, everything honorable and glorious.

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

My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

The most powerful deterrent to war in the world today lies in the retaliatory power of our Strategic Air Command and the aircraft of our Navy. They present to any potential attacker who would unleash war upon the world the prospect of virtual annihilation of his own country.

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

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense, that always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us.

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.

Today I am at the head of the strongest Army in the world, the most gigantic Air Force and of a proud Navy. Behind and around me stands the Party with which I became great and which has become great through me... Our enemies must not deceive themselves - in the 2,000 years of German history known to us, our people have never been more united than today.

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy.