Portal:United States Coast Guard/Quotes/3

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"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws."

—Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury
Federalist No. 12, The Utility of the Union in Respect to Revenue
From the New York Packet
27 November 1787
Earliest recorded reference to what would become the U.S. Coast Guard