Quotes by Josephus Daniels

• Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung.
• Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
• Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war.
• Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
• So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.
• The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.
• There is no rank in sacrifice.
• To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.
• Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.