Command Quote by Horatio Nelson

I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and…

— Henry Hudson

When publicly censured our first instinct is to make everybody a codefendant.

— Ambrose Bierce

If you don't trust either the captain or the ship, there remains only one thing for safety: Trusting the storm!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

How do you govern by captaining the ship? How do you win without the trust of the crew?

— Joe Sestak

Nobody has ever been hurt by the actions of ships I have been on.

— Paul Watson

I did not want to avoid service. I did realize reservists could be called up, and that it was something that I wanted to…

— Richard Blumenthal

You are the captain of your ship that never comes in

— Anonymous

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

— Horatio Nelson

I will not put the life of an American service member on the line unless that is the option of last resort.

— Beto O'Rourke

All was well, until I reached the port of Havre. Three officers with the rank of lieutenant, whom afterwards I knew to be Scotland…

— Philip Gibbs

The service meant so much to me. You don't know privileged I feel and how lucky I am to have served.

— Tony Curtis

I do not know whether I have been a good seaman, but I know I have been a very faithful one.

— Joseph Conrad