Lord Horatio Nelson Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

7 Famous Quotes by Lord Horatio Nelson
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“You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.”
Enemies Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson (ch. 3)
“England expects that every man will do his duty.”
Duty Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson (ch. 9)
“Thank God, I have done my duty.”
Last words Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson, at the battle of Trafalgar
“I go to see the sun for the last time. [Fr., Je m'em vais voir le soleil pour la derniere fois.]”
Last words Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson, at the battle of Trafalgar
“Westminster Abbey, or Victory.”
Victory Quotes
Source: in the battle off Cape Vincent, giving order for boarding the San Josef, see Southey "Life of Nelson
“Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminister Abbey.”
Victory Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson (ch. 5), before the Battle of the Nile
“I have only one eye,--I have a right to be blind sometimes . . . I really do not see the signal!”
Blindness Quotes
Source: Life of Nelson (ch. 7), at the battle of Copenhagen