Quotes from Alfred Thayer Mahan

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

The world has never seen a more impressive demonstration of the influence of sea power upon its history. Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

Whether they will or no, Americans must begin to look outward.

Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within.

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.