Sea Power

Famous quotes containing the words sea and/or power:

“At sea a fellow comes out. Salt water is like wine, in that respect.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Armies, though always the supporters and tools of absolute power for the time being, are always the destroyers of it too; by frequently changing the hands in which they think proper to lodge it.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)