“ Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within. Alfred Thayer Mahan
“ Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished. Alfred Thayer Mahan
“ Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it. Alfred Thayer Mahan
“ The history of sea power is largely, though by no means solely, a narrative of contests between nations, of mutual rivalries, of violence frequently culminating in war. The profound influence of sea c… Alfred Thayer Mahan
