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John Paul Jones Military Officer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jul 6, 1747
  • Died: Jul 18, 1792

John Paul Jones was a Scottish sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such, he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the United States Navy". He later served in the Imperial Russian Navy.

I have not yet begun to fight! war

If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery. faith & fear

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win. nature