Frank Knox Quotations

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.

I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.

Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.

We put in a lot of work to get here. I want them to have some fun too.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.

Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.

If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice.

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.

He actually read that on his own, I didn't have a steal. He picked up a breaking ball. He did that on his own. We do kind of encourage the kids, I like the kids to think for themselves. That's part of learning the game of baseball. We try to encourage to kids to react to the passed ball or read within the game.