Winston Churchill Quotes About Navy
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The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.
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The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.
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Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
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Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses.
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The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.
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Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.
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Winston Churchill
- Born: November 30, 1874
- Died: January 24, 1965
- Occupation: Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom