Frank Knox Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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. — Frank Knox

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

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

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

Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose. — Frank Knox

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

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

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