Corsair [antikvár]

", . . that it is founded on the Laws of their Prophet, thattit is written in their Koran, that all nations who should'not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that^it is their right and duty to make war upon them wher-''ever they could be found, and to make slaves of all theyiIcould take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman whovshould be slain in Battle are sure to go to Paradise."iThomas Jefferson's testimony to the Continental Congressjexplaining the justification given to him by the Barbary ambassador to England, Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, concerning their preying on Christian ships, 1786"We ought not to fight them at all unless we determine to fight them forever."John Adams on the Barbary pirates, 1787ii