Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

The necessity for a complete and adequate system of coast defense is greater to-day than twenty years ago, for the increased wealth of the c...

It is an accepted naval maxim that a navy can be used to strategic advantage only when acting on the offensive, and it can be free to so ope...

The fact that we now have a navy does not in any wise diminish the importance of coast defenses; on the contrary, that fact emphasizes their...

be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, acting under the authority conferred by the third section...