Quotes from authors born in 1747
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones
I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones
Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.
Anna Seward
It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
John Paul Jones
Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.
Anna Seward
Warren Beatty 
Bob Taft 
Pete Seeger 
Lois Capps 
William Windham 
Chuck Klosterman 
Isabelle Adjani 
Walter Salles