Quote#Wisdom
I have not yet begun to fight!
Quote byJohn Paul Jones · 1747–1792
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: His famous response, in the early phase of the , (23 September 1779) to an inquiry by his opponent (Captain Richard Pearson of the Royal Navy ship HMS Serapis) as to whether he was surrendering his ship, the USS Bonhomme Richard, as recounted in the reminiscences of Jones's First Lieutenant, Richard.
English (original)
I have not yet begun to fight!
— John Paul Jones
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