Horatio Nelson Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• England expects that every man will do his duty.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Men, England

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.149, Cambridge University Press

• What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.

  Horatio Nelson

  Country, War, Enemy

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

  Horatio Nelson

  Pain, War, Sea

• No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

  Horatio Nelson

  Courage, War, Enemy

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.91, Cambridge University Press

• 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 himself.

  Horatio Nelson

  Kings, War, Men

• A ship's a fool to fight a fort.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Fighting, Ships

• Thank God I have done my duty.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Thank God, Done

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.251, Cambridge University Press

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

  Horatio Nelson

  War, May, Bed

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.465, Cambridge University Press

• It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Turns, Ifs

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.7, Cambridge University Press

• Frigates are the eyes of a fleet.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Eye

• First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

  Horatio Nelson

  Inspirational, War, Victory

  Horatio Nelson's remark before the battle of the Nile, August 1, 1797.

• To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Understanding, Use

  Horatio Nelson, Nicholas Harris Nicolas (2011). “The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson”, p.41, Cambridge University Press

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

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Believe, Done

• A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

  Horatio Nelson

  War, Ships, British

  1801 Letter to Lady Hamilton, Mar, before the Battle of Copenhagen.

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