USS William H. Standley (DLG/CG-32)
Quotes by Naval & Military Figures


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"Give me a fast ship for I intend to go in harms way."

John Paul Jones
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"... our country, right or wrong."

Stephen Decatur
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"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."

Douglas MacArthur
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"In war there is no second prize for the runner-up."

Omar Bradley
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"A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in powder and paint."

Chester Nimitz
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

George Smith Patton
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"Sailors have the cleanest bodies and filthiest minds."

attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt
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"A sailors wife is guaranteed happiness half of the time. She is happy either the fifty percent of the time that he is home, or she is happy the fifty percent that he is gone. "

attributed to Mrs. Arleigh Burke




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