Able Quote by 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 - 'It was…

— Horatio Nelson

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

— 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 and finesse,…

— 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 sea.

— Horatio Nelson

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

— 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