So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training. – Josephus Daniels
To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged. – Josephus Daniels
A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind… he will need only six feet of earth. – Josephus Daniels
The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last. – Josephus Daniels
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father. – Josephus Daniels
