For without belittling the courage with which men have died, we should not forget those acts of courage with which men have lived.

We don't want to be like the leader in the French Revolution who said There go my people, I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

Knowledge of the oceans is more than a matter of curiosity. Our very survival may hinge upon it.

Now let me make it clear that I believe there can only be one defense policy for the United States and that is summed up in the word 'first.' I do not mean first, but. I do not mean first, when. I do not mean first, if. I mean first - period.

A tired nation, said David Lloyd George, is a Tory nation, and the United States today cannot afford to be either tired or Tory.

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.

The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.