“Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.”

— Chester W. Nimitz

Speech at the University of California, Berkeley (22 March 1950)
Context: That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.

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United States Navy fleet admiral 1885–1966

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