Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or commander:
“Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
“A commander in the field must sometimes go against the king’s orders.”
—Chinese proverb.