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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. military is the best-trained, most effective fighting force the world has ever known. And the conduct of the vast majority of our service members makes Americans rightfully proud.

The U.S. Armed Forces are the best trained, best equipped fighting forces in the world.

No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty.

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.

I am impressed with the belief that our naval force ought not to cost more in proportion than the British. In some things they may have the advantage, but we will be found to have equally great in others.

I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.

I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.

I've been to a number of places and seen for myself the caliber of people who are in the Navy today - in all the services for that matter. This is an altogether different bunch. These people of today are really bright, young, good people.

Well, the U.S., of course, is the world's largest economy. It's about a quarter of the world's output. It's also home to many of the largest financial institutions and financial markets.