British Navy Quotes

• The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.

  Winston Churchill

  Army, Royal, Tradition

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• There is no cannibalism in the British Navy, absolutely none. And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than I personally admit.

  Graham Chapman

  Mean, Cannibalism, Certain

  "Character: Sir John Cunningham". "Monty Python's Flying Circus", TV Series (1969–1974), "The War Against Pornography", www.imdb.com. 1972.

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• Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Army, Tradition

  In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1

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• The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy.

  Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

  Peace, War, Army

  "Memories". Book by Admiral 'Jacky' Fisher, p. 18, 1919.

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• Military power tends to be a function of economic power, and the British Navy was the essential capability for establishing the imperial sway - which was attuned to furnish the raw materials for the British manufacturing ascendance. So they were mutually reinforcing.

  Charles R. Morris

  Military, Essentials, Raw Materials

  Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. December 17, 2012.

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• The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

  William Falconer

  Names, Ships, Relation

  William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.146, BoD – Books on Demand

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• What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

  Ernest Bevin

  Years, World, Defence

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