The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.

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.

I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell myself he cared about me enough not to look elsewhere for what I wasn't giving him.

Only Getting the A and Z with out the B through Y, leaves you SOL.

Let them that don't want none have memories of not gettin' any.

I can't believe we've got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven't done anything I think is that good yet.

English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.

Happy he who far from business, like the primitive are of mortals, cultivates with his own oxen the fields of his fathers, free from all anxieties of gain.

His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.

If Milo [Yiannopoulos] were a liberal, he could say whatever and then some, and he wouldn't be addressing Conservative Political Action Conference, he would be emceeing the Oscars.

Real happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brains and skills.

When you have stopped learning you have begun to die.