...without A Respectable Navy, Alas America!

You Understand Why Some Animals Eat Their Young.

I May Sink, But I'll Be Damned If I Strike!

I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight!

An Honorable Peace Is And Always Was My First Wish! I Can Take No Delight In The Effusion Of Human Blood; But, If This War Should Continue, I Wish To Have The Most Active Part In It.

It Is True That I Must Run A Great Risk; No Gallant Action Was Ever Accomplished Without Danger.