More from John Paul Jones

  1. I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.
  2. I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!
  3. Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.
  4. An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue,…
  5. If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.
  6. It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
  7. Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Ou…
  8. Whoever can surprise well must Conquer.

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