George Canning/treasurer of The Navy - 1804%e2%80%931806

Famous quotes containing the words canning and/or navy:

    “A steady patriot of the world alone,
    The friend of every country but his own.”
    —George Canning (1770–1827)

    “Give me the eye to see a navy in an acorn. What is there of the divine in a load of bricks? What of the divine in a barber’s shop or a privy? Much, all.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)