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

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Source : George W. Norris (1945). “Fighting Liberal: The Autobiography of George W. Norris”, p.206, U of Nebraska Press

George W. Norris

#Police Quotes #Navy Quotes #Duty Quotes

“I was very good at sitting. But I just read so much research about how horrible sitting is for you. It's like, it's really bad. It's like Paula-Deen-glazed-bacon-doughnut bad. So I now move around as much as possible.”
“The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing.”
“My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh.”
“When those of our army whose voices are likely to coo tell us that the day of sex antagonism is over and that henceforth we only have to advance hand in hand with the male, I do not believe it.”
“A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.”
“From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.”
“I come from a working-class family in Pittsburgh, whereas 'Mike & Molly' deals with the working class in Chicago. I swear a little, but I pretty much talk the same. It's not like when you see someone like Tim Allen and he's a lot bluer onstage.”
“Now you know those trick candles that you blow out and a couple of seconds.”

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