Skip to content

I never encouraged officers to discuss politics at all, and, as a rule, officers of the navy were exempt from political bias, and considered that it was their duty to heartily support the Government in any measures which might be taken to preserve the Union. This was my view of the subject, and I tried to impress it upon others, and succeeded in excluding politics from the mess-table.

— David Dixon Porter Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

Another quote →

More quotes by David Dixon Porter

The navy and the powder-boat would be all-sufficient, and I rather liked the notion, as the expedition would be entirely a naval affair.

Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

He did not say a monument to what, but he meant, I am sure, to leave it as a monument to the loyalty of our soldiers, who would bear all the horrors of Libby sooner than desert their flag and cause.

Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

As to the navy, it is said the several commanding officers grounded on the beef-bones thrown overboard from their flag-ships, but this I do not believe.

Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

I think every man should be obliged to take that oath, for I have seen more treason in the last ten days than I ever supposed could exist in the United States Navy.

Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

Regulations of the Navy provide that medical officers shall exercise no military authority. If I give you a flag, the line officers will think I have gone crazy.

Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)

All David Dixon Porter quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: David Dixon Porter (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.