Naval Merit Cross

Famous quotes containing the words naval, merit and/or cross:

“It is now time to stop and to ask ourselves the question which my last commanding officer, Admiral Hyman Rickover, asked me and every other young naval officer who serves or has served in an atomic submarine. For our Nation M for all of us M that question is, “Why not the best?””
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“Without merit there should be no reward.”
—Chinese proverb.

“If I can cross him any way, I bless myself every way.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)