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“The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great fleets in peace - quite the reverse - but that they were unable to fund them in the crises of war. Mainly this was because they were forced to divert resources from the fleet to their armies, to fight territorial rivals frequently financed by their maritime enemy from the profits of sea trade.”

War Reason Government Fighting Enemy Sea Building Resources Army Crisis Trade Profit Fund Reverse Incapable Rivals Monarchs Territorial Maritime

Author:Peter Padfield

“Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years. When I contemplate the ardour with which the Anglo-Americans prosecute commercial enterprise, the advantages which befriend them, and the success of their undertakings, I cannot refrain from believing that they will one day become the first maritime power of the globe. They are born to rule the seas, as the Romans were to conquer the world.”

Source: Democracy in America

“The Philippines made a lawful and peaceful effort to resolve their maritime claims with China using the tribunal established under the Law of the Sea Convention (Unclos). The tribunal's ruling delivered a clear and legally binding decision on maritime claims in the South China Sea as they relate to China and the Philippines - and that ruling should be respected. We believe this decision can and should serve as an opportunity to renew efforts to address maritime claims peacefully.”

Should Believe Made Law Opportunity Decision Effort Clear Sea Claims South China Peaceful Relate Addresses Resolve Conventions Ruling Binding Philippines Tribunals Maritime

Author:Barack Obama

“France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we witnessed in Kosovo was an extraordinary war, a war waged solely with bombs from the air.”

War Nations United Air Sea Extraordinary France Germany Bombs United Nations Mandates Kosovo Maritime Blockades

Author:Paul Virilio

“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.”

Source: GIFT FROM THE SEA

“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”

Hope Sea Wind Ships Sail Sailing Sailing And The Sea Sailing Ships Ships At Sea Maritime Sailing And Wind Sailing And Love

Author:Aristotle Onassis

“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India

“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”