"Therefore, no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until they have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure."
"Without a decisive naval force, we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious."
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
"It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious."
"of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."
"Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness. . . . In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be ..."
"In every country, knowledge is the surest base of public happiness."
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and a..."
"In this land of equal liberty, it is our boast that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the law."
"A Nation that does not care for its soldiers will cease to exist as a Nation."