Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung.
About Josephus Daniels
Josephus Danielswas an American diplomat and newspaper editor from the 1880s until his death, who managed The News & Observer in Raleigh, at the time North Carolina’s largest circulation newspaper, for decades. A Democrat, he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. He became a close friend and supporter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
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To compel the nation with challenge the traditional American doctrine of freedom of the seas, every man and every ship in the navy is solemnly pledged.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
So popular is the naval service the only embarrassment is that men volunteer so rapidly we have to work overtime to give them hardy, adequate housing and proper training.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind… he will need only six feet of earth.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)
There is no rank in sacrifice.
American diplomat and newspaper editor (1862-1948)