"They vilify us, the Scoundrels do, when there is only this Difference: They rob the Poor under the Cover of Law, forsooth, and we plunder the Rich under the Protection of our own Courage; had you not better make one of us, than sneak off after the asses of those villains for employment?" --
Black Sam Bellamy (b. 1689-02-23, d. 1716-04-26), to Captain Beer, whose ship he had just capured, according to Captain Charles Johnson