Naval Academy Quotes

“Typically, he found some value in his troublemaking and in the punishment he earned for it. "You get to know people that you don't ordinarily know if you're one of the good boys.
And sometimes the world's not always made up of all the good boys, either, not by a long shot," he said.”
― John McCain, Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir

“The primary mission of the Academy was to strengthen the character of its officers.
Without good character, my father believed, all the advanced instruction in the world wouldn't make an officer fit for service.”
― John McCain , Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir

“This is the faith that my commanders affirmed, that my brothers-in-arms encouraged my allegiance to. It was the faith I had unknowingly embraced at the Naval Academy.
It was my father's and grandfather's faith. A filthy, crippled, broken man, all I had left of my dignity was the faith of my fathers. It was enough.”
― John McCain, Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir