Top 13 Quotes & Sayings by Josephus Daniels

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician Josephus Daniels.

Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Josephus Daniels was an American newspaper editor and publisher from the 1880s until his death; he controlled the Raleigh News and Observer, at the time North Carolina's largest newspaper, for decades. A Democrat, he was appointed by United States President Woodrow Wilson to serve as Secretary of the Navy during World War I. He became a close friend and supporter of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served as his Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later was elected as United States President. Roosevelt appointed Daniels as his Ambassador to Mexico, serving from 1933 to 1941. Daniels was a vehement white supremacist and segregationist and, along with Charles Aycock and Furnifold Simmons, was a leading perpetrator of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898.

American - Politician | May 18, 1862 - January 15, 1948

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Dullness is the only crime for which an editor ought to be hung.

Josephus Daniels

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.

Josephus Daniels

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.

Josephus Daniels

Destroyers were the first to herald our entrance into the war.

Josephus Daniels

Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.

Josephus Daniels

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.

Josephus Daniels

Men who live valiantly and die nobly have a strength and a courage from the eternal Father.

Josephus Daniels

Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats.

Josephus Daniels

There is no rank in sacrifice.

Josephus Daniels

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.

Josephus Daniels

We will embrace you in uniform today, we will embrace you without uniform tomorrow.

Josephus Daniels

Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.