"No; no; not a sixpence."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Founding Fathers of the United States of AmericaUnited States presidential candidates, 1808People from CharlestonFederalist Party (United States) politiciansUnited States Ambassadors to France
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
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".
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Cotesworth_Pinckney
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Charles Cotesworth "C. C." Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as their presidential candidate, but he did not win either election.
4 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Charles Cotesworth Pinckney →
Related Quotes
"The legislature of the United States shall pass no law on the subject of religion nor touching or abridging the liber…"
"I say it is not, in my judgment, unconstitutional, for the following reasons, in which I mean briefly to answer to th…"
"We shall soon have the scenes of the Polish Diets and elections re-acted here, and in not many years the fate of Pola…"
"Grateful to Almighty God for the blessings which, through Jesus Christ our Lord, he has conferred on my beloved count…"
"Our hospital work is entirely among the poor, ignorant, and superstitious class of colored people of Charleston and i…"
"All ages, classes, races, called her blessed."
"Joseph Henderson, one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most widely known pilots in the New York Sandy Hook service, die…"
"That at all the times hereinafter mentioned said claimant was duly licensed as a pilot of the port of New York to pil…"
"That man is formed for social life, is an observation, which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to …"
"The greatest and most important right of a British subject is, that he shall be governed by no laws but those to whic…"