“Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security…”

-President John F. Kennedy

“This is the most adaptable, creative, can-do, amazing organization in the world. … We have adaptability in our DNA here.”

-Ash Carter

“Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.”

-Proverbs 20:10

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

– Declaration of Independence, 1776

“Northern lights remind us that there is something infinitely more magical than what we see on Earth.”

-Stephen King

“Our forces saved the remnants of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.”

-Dwight D. Eisenhower