Horatio Nelson Men Quotations

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

I am a Norfolk man and Glory in being so.

England expects every man to do his duty

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.

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

I have a right to be blind sometimes.

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

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