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Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man.

Quote by Shimon Peres about heads, problems, things, man

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate...

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy.

Quote by William Falconer about relation, heads, name

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no...

I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy, having left school at 13.

Quote by Sean Connery about school

I volunteered to join the Navy for 12 years. If you get your calling up papers, you did it. It's like a Police State, and don't let anyone kid you it would be different.

Quote by Sean Connery about police, state

The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

Quote by Michael Oxley about work, workers

I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day and night about third-world countries that...

Quote by Ron Paul about politics, country, air, day, force, police, night, world

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