Naval Tradition Quotes

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of our island.

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

I actually spoke at the christening of the USS Minnesota - it was a really, very cool submarine in Norfolk.

I know a lot of the Annapolis breed.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship.

The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too.

You may fire when you are ready Gridley.

The tradition of our Navy mandates that senior officials bear the ultimate responsibility for their command.

The sailor's life is at the best a life of danger. He pursues honor on the mountain wave and finds it in the battle and in the storm, and never did more distinguished chivalry display itself than in the conduct of our seamen during the late war.

Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the service, and yet at the heart unchangingly of the Service

The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission.

When the USS New Jersey is commissioned, it will be a source of pride for everyone in our state for decades.

My grandad was a submariner; my mum's dad was in the navy.

Every Naval vessel has a contingent of Marines aboard. After all, the Sailors have to have someone to dance with.

One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.

To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.

During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.

I went into the Navy because I love the ocean, and I am still privileged to have a place that I can go to that's by the water.

It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea.

When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

I'm glad I was in the Navy.

It is an honor and a privilege that I am to be the sponsor of the USS Michael Murphy.

My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.