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John Paul Jones Zitate

The common class of mankind are actuated by no nobler principle than that of self-interest; this and this alone determines all adventurers in privateers: the owners, as well as those whom they employ.

John Paul Jones

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die allgemeine Klasse der Menschheit wird von keinem edleren Prinzip als dem des Eigeninteresses betätigt; Dies und das allein bestimmt alle Abenteurer bei Privatleuten: die Eigentümer sowie die, die sie beschäftigen.

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