Quote#Wisdom
No; no; not a sixpence
Quote byCharles Cotesworth Pinckney · 1746–1825
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Timothy Pickering (October 27, 1797), relating the American response to a French request for a tribute or bribe, in State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, 3d ed. (1819), vol. 3, p. 492. The French had seized several American ships. Often misquoted as "...not a penny"..
English (original)
No; no; not a sixpence.
— Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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