Best Coast Guard Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. Going forward let’s not send our servicemen and women off to war or conflict zones unless it is overwhelmingly justifiable and on moral high ground. The men of WWII were the greatest generation, perhaps Korea the forgotten, Vietnam the trampled, Cold War unsung and Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan vets underestimated. Every generation has proved itself to be worthy to stand up to the precedent of the greatest generation. Going back to the Revolution American soldiers have been the best in the world. Let’s all take a remembrance for all veterans who served or are serving, peace time or wartime and gone or still with us. 11/11/16 May God Bless America and All Veterans.”

“Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.”

Moving Our Lives Rocks Quiet Islands Coast Essays Up And Down Observant Cutters Coast Guard

Author:David McCord

“Thirty years ago, my sister, Gale (so named because a gale hit Boston Harbor the night she was born), some friends and I stole a boat in the middle of the night and sailed it out of the Santa Barbara harbor. Suddenly we were becalmed and the current began pushing us toward the breakwall. With no running lights and no power, we were dead in the water. Out of that darkness a steel hull appeared: it was the local Coast Guard cutter. My father, stern-faced and displeased, stood in the bow.”

Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

“Here's a little bit of good news. The Coast Guard says that BP is now catching up to 630,000 gallons of oil a day. The bad news is that they're capturing it with ducks.”

Littles Bits Little Bit News Oil Ducks Coast Good News Catching Bad News Gallons Catching Up Coast Guard

Author:Jimmy Fallon

“Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.”

Force Nations Forget Enemy Air Protect Commitment Importance Constitution Army Never Forget Coast Navy Marine Oath Air Force Army Navy Coast Guard

Author:Robin Hayes

“I think in the wake of Katrina, the Coast Guard may well have been the only entity or agency that came out of that exercise free of fault and free of blame.”

Thinking Wells May Has Beens Military Exercise Blame Faults Agency Entity Coast Workout Katrina Coast Guard

Author:Howard Coble

“I can assure our countrymen that India is safe in the hands of the brave warriors of our Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.”

I Can Hands Force Air Safe India Army Brave Warrior Coast Navy Air Force Countrymen Army Navy Coast Guard

Author:Narendra Modi

“Over the last five years, the Administration and the majority in Congress have appropriated less than $900 million for port security grants - despite the Coast Guard's determination that $5.4 billion is needed over 10 years.”

Years Lasts Millions Five Security Needed Determination Majority Congress Billions Despite Administration Five Years Grants Coast Port Last Five Years Coast Guard

Author:Solomon Ortiz

“I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is it not? I choose what may or may not cross that border. Here I am the Customs Agent. I am the Coast guard. I am the sole legal and spiritual government of this territory, and only the laws I choose to enact within myself are applicable”

“I want to make sure that the Coast Guard people in Vietnam know that I am hearing about them often and that I am pleased with what I hear.”

People Knows Want Military Hearing Vietnam Coast Coast Guard

Author:Wallace M. Greene

“The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise.”

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Author:Russ Carnahan

“I have faith the men and women of the Coast Guard will immediately rise to the challenge and see the people hit by Katrina through until the storm has truly calmed.”

People Men Faith Challenges He Man Men And Women Storm Have Faith Coast Katrina Coast Guard

Author:Dave Reichert

“Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces.”

Trying Force Borders Department Customs Thank God Coast Frontiers Armed Forces Border Patrol Coast Guard

Author:Barry McCaffrey

“These vessels are out of sight, out of mind. They are exempt from minimum-wage requirements, from Coast Guard inspections, OSHA regulations and other safety laws.”

Mind Law Sight Safety Regulation Minimum Requirements Coast Vessel Minimum Wage Inspection Coast Guard Of Sight Out Of Mind

Author:Steve Finley

“From protecting our natural resources to providing maritime security and national defense, the Coast Guard's duties are broad in scope, and the performance of those duties has never been more important.”

Important Natural Security Duty Resources Performances Defense Broads Providing Coast Scope Natural Resources National Defense Maritime Coast Guard

Author:Russ Carnahan

“Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.”

Men Hands Literature Lucky Coast Scratches Yale Coast Guard

Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The Coast Guard has long been known as the armed service that gets more done for less.”

Long Done Known Coast Armed Services Coast Guard

Author:Howard Coble

“The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.”

Important Country Lasts Week Citizens Our Country Coast Transportation Maritime Coast Guard

Author:Russ Carnahan