A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. -Woodrow Wilson-

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong. -Ronald Reagan-

May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

We have met the enemy and they are ours… -Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry, USN-

Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity. -Robert Morgan-

You beat everything, you know that? -Andy Taylor, “The Andy Griffith Show”-

Seashells remind us that every passing life leaves something beautiful behind.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars. -Gilbert Parker-

God would like us to be joyful even when our hearts lie panting on the floor. -Tevye, “Fiddler on the Roof”-

The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance. -Laurence J. Peter-