I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. – Oliver Cromwell
Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea – the profound solitude – that does it for me. – Billy Campbell
Most men, after a little freedom, have preferred authority with the consoling assurances and the economy of effort which it brings. – Walter Lippmann, A Preface to Morals, 1929
