Alfred Thayer Mahan Quotes

Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it.

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.

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.