Frank Knox
Frank Knox
William Franklin "Frank" Knoxwas an American newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1874
CountryUnited States of America
fun work
We put in a lot of work to get here. I want them to have some fun too.
caught
No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.
tolerance quality progress
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.
thinking prejudice said
Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.
men force unthinkable
It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.
family heaven ease
God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.
war modern knows
Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.
navy matter caught
No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.
forgiveness believe heart
I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.
gratitude war army
We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.
fire patriotism purpose
Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.
ball breaking encourage game kids learning passed picked react within
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.
war fighting two
If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice.