More from John Paul Jones

  1. 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…
  2. The future naval officers, who live within these walls, will find in the career of the man whose life we this day celebrate, not merely a s…
  3. It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
  4. That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death.
  5. If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.
  6. It is by no means enough that an officer of the Navy should be a capable mariner. He must be that, of course, but also a great deal more. H…
  7. 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,…
  8. Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.

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