Fleet Forces Command

Famous quotes containing the words fleet, forces and/or command:

    “On the middle of that quiet floor
    sits a fleet of small black ships,
    square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
    their spars like burned matchsticks.”
    —Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

    “Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    “‘Tis not in mortals to command success,
    But we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)