Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.

Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.

We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.

When you're in command, command.

It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil.

Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.

A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

If you're not making waves, you're not under weigh.

The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.

Like good reading skills, good writing skills require immersion and imaginative engagement.

Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one.

Learn to meditate. It's fun. It will give you a strong, wonderful mind.

i am a limitless series of natural disasters and all of these disasters have been unnaturally repressed.

Whatever truth we feel compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath. You can only do it for so long.

if a lie is repeated often enough, it ends up convincing everyone

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible