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“If we had less statesmanship we could get along with fewer battleships”
Mark Twain
“I have already transmitted to Congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana during the night of the fifteenth of February. The destruction of that noble vessel has filled the national heart with inexpressible horror. Two hundred and fifty-eight brave sailors and marines and two officers of our Navy, reposing in the fancied security of a friendly harbor, have been hurled to death, grief and want brought to their homes and sorrow to the nation.”
William McKinley
“He's going to the battleship? Well, I guess he's getting mentally ready, huh?”
Bernie Bickerstaff
“It's like playing Battleship with the prostate. Every hole that we have has a coordinate, and we can place the needle through that. We have a picture that overlays and shows us the prostate and where that biopsy's being taken from. Then, we can basically look at the picture when we get a positive biopsy back and see exactly where the cancer is in the gland.”
Dr. Gary Onik
“It's probably our single biggest spot that we have big money to put into. To do the battleship right is going to take millions of dollars.”
Walt Dabney
“By and by when each nation has 20,000 battleships and 5,000,000 soldiers we shall all be safe and the wisdom of statesmanship will stand confirmed”
“When (Gen.) Douglas MacArthur said, on board the Battleship Missouri, 'These proceedings are closed,' it was the end of one of the bloodiest conflicts of modern times. The celebrations of course were enormous. It marked the end of the Pacific war.”
Bob Wilson
