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"Tell the men to fire faster. Fight 'til she sinks, boys. Don't give up the ship." — Captain James Lawrence, USN, June 1813
"I have not yet begun to fight." — John Paul Jones September 23, 1779. During his engagement with the HMS Serapis
“A ship is referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder” — Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
"Investigate and shoot down all snoopers — not vindictively, but in a friendly sort of way." — Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr., USN
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!" — Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
"We have met the enemy and they are ours..." — Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
"The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds." — Admiral Arleigh Burke
"The Navy has both a tradition and a future--and we look with pride and confidence in both directions." — Admiral George Anderson
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." — President Theodore Roosevelt
"Any healthy organization can survive individual divergencies, and may even profit from them. Compulsory unification of opinion can only achieve the unanimity of the graveyard." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
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"I have not yet begun to fight." — John Paul Jones September 23, 1779. During his engagement with the HMS Serapis
“A ship is referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder” — Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
"Investigate and shoot down all snoopers — not vindictively, but in a friendly sort of way." — Fleet Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, Jr., USN
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
"Damn the torpedoes, Full speed ahead!" — Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
"We have met the enemy and they are ours..." — Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
"The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds." — Admiral Arleigh Burke
"The Navy has both a tradition and a future--and we look with pride and confidence in both directions." — Admiral George Anderson
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." — President Theodore Roosevelt
"Any healthy organization can survive individual divergencies, and may even profit from them. Compulsory unification of opinion can only achieve the unanimity of the graveyard." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover
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