19 Quotes by Samuel Eliot Morison

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.

No big modern war has been won without preponderant sea power; and, conversely, very few rebellions of maritime provinces have succeeded without acquiring sea power.

One learns more from defeat than from victory.

The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide.

Dream dreams and write them aye, but live them first.

Never, in these United States, has the brain of man conceived, or the hand of man fashioned, so perfect a thing as a clipper ship.

An historian should yield himself to his subject, become immersed in the place and period of his choice, standing apart from it now and then for a fresh view.

Historical methodology, as I see it, is a product of common sense applied to circumstances.

If a lecturer, he wishes to be heard; if a writer, to be read. He always hopes for a public beyond that of the long-suffering wife.