Horatio Nelson

England expects every man to do his duty

— Horatio Nelson

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

— Horatio Nelson

When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved -…

— Horatio Nelson

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept…

— Horatio Nelson

Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called…

— Horatio Nelson

Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight

— Horatio Nelson

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick…

— Horatio Nelson

Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

— Horatio Nelson

I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at…

— Horatio Nelson

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that…

— Horatio Nelson

Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.

— Horatio Nelson

When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others.

— Horatio Nelson

A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

— Horatio Nelson

Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.

— Horatio Nelson

The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

— Horatio Nelson

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

— Horatio Nelson

I have a right to be blind sometimes.

— Horatio Nelson

Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself.

— Horatio Nelson

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must…

— Horatio Nelson

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed…

— Horatio Nelson

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being…

— Horatio Nelson

You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he…

— Horatio Nelson

“Aft the more honour, forward the better man”

— Horatio Nelson

I will dine nowhere without your consent although with my present feelings I might be trusted with fifty virgins naked in a…

— Horatio Nelson

Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.

— Horatio Nelson