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War Quotes by Horatio Nelson
- You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your King, and you must treat every Frenchman as if he were the Devil…
- Thank God I have done my duty.
- To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
- What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.
- Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean.
- Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through.
- Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.
- First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
- A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
- Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.
- England expects that every man will do his duty.
- No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
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