We pay for the navy, and we have no commerce for the navy to protect; we pay for the army, and we loathe and execrate the work upon which it has been engaged.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.
The Navy's paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland.
I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.
Whatever may be my feelings of personal gratitude to the Navy of the United States, I feel myself under still greater obligations to them for the honor they have done to the American name in every part of the globe.
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all kind, including the military. We all know this. Lets get on with it.
In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little short of useless.
The U.S. is just in a class by itself in military expenses. It basically matches the rest of the world, and it's far more advanced.
We really owe it to the military for what they do day in and day out that we never even hear about.