Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes

The Channel is an international waterway through which the Russians are quite free to pass - and over which we have no exclusive right.

The navigation of our inland waters has for years been sought in vain by foreign countries, and if we grant the privilege to Russia, other States will be guided in their demands by her example.

Direct access to sea is an essential part of foreign policy.

The Strait of Hormuz is an international waterway, and it is not helpful for any nation to suggest that it would attempt to restrict traffic through the strait.

The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of said Canal of the width of ten miles extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the center line of the route of the Canal to be constructed

The United States Navy has kept the sea lanes open for the entire world.

I believe it is the responsibility of our government to protect the U.S., including U.S.-flag vessels.

The high seas - in other words, the oceans beyond the 200-mile national limits - are a lawless realm.

America is the one that leads the effort to make sure the freedom of navigation in the South China Sea is protected.

Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place.

There are few industries as defiantly opaque as shipping. Even offshore bankers have not developed a system as intricately elusive as the flag of convenience, under which ships can fly the flag of a state that has nothing to do with its owner, cargo, crew, or route.

The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act is an important authorization for our country and for our citizens, as we have seen so vividly in the last few weeks.

Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands in Manhattan, means I am bound to break my own rules on occasion.

China believes that it has the rightful claim to a vast portion of the South China Sea, which is claimed by other countries.

A modern fleet of ships does not so much make use of the sea as exploit a highway.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for 'capturing and robbing us.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.

To remove as much as possible the occasions of making war, it might be better for us to abandon the ocean altogether, that being the element whereon we shall be principally exposed to jostle with other nations

No Commander of any Cruiser belonging to this Regency shall be allowed to take any person of whatever Nation or denomination out of any Vessel belonging to the United States of North America in order to Examine them or under presence of making them confess any thing desired neither shall they inflict any corporal punishment or any way else molest them.

A canal under American control or no canal.

We should encourage the establishment of American steamship lines.

We have not the navy, and, what is worse, we are not willing to have the navy, that will weigh seriously in any disputes with those nations whose interests will there conflict with our own.