I could heartily wish that every commission officer was to be previously examined; for, to my certain knowledge, there are persons who have already crept into commission without abilities or fit qualification: I am myself far from desiring to be… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
When the enemies' land force is once conquered and expelled from the continent, our Marine will rise as if by enchantment and become, within… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding. — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
Was it proof of madness in the first corps of sea officers to have, at so critical a period, launched out on the ocean… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
“Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way. — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
Heaven can never countenance the barbarous and unmanly practice of the Britons in America, which savages would blush at, and which, if not discontinued,… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well. — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
The situation of America is new in the annals of mankind; her affairs cry haste, and speed must answer them. — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
