John Paul Jones Quotes
It is with great pleasure that I see the political system of almost every power in Europe changing in our favor since the news of our late successes.
Jones, John Paul. Life and Correspondence of John Paul Jones. Edited by Robert Charles Sands, D. Fanshaw, 1830, p. 154.
There was an early movement in Germany for union with France.
China, which had been one of the strongest and most modern nations in the world for 1000 years had lapsed into decay and though a huge nation, rich in resources, with more people than any other had been eclipsed by Japan, America and Europe. Cixi was determined to remedy that, and to a great extent started China on the road to modernization which would take over 100 years more.
Warning Donald Trump and his administration of the consequences of the United States that withdrawing from many of the major world issues would result in other nations replacing the US as world leaders on these issues.
John Paul Jones was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites (including John Hancock and Benjamin Franklin), as well as enemies (who accused him of piracy), and 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 American Navy" (a sobriquet he shares with John Barry and John Adams).
