"War, once declared, must be waged offensively, aggressively. The enemy must not be fended off; but smitten down. You may then spare him every exaction, relinquish every gain but 'til then he must be struck incessantly and remorselessly."
-Alfred Thayer Mahan


"I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." -John Paul Jones