Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

Quote by Horatio Nelson

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It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us...

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us...

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

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

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under...

If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under...

England expects that every man will do his duty.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping...

Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping...

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all...

Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all...

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really...

I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really...

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious...

My greatest happiness is to serve my gracious King and Country and I am envious...

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any...

Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any...

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful....

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful....

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your...

Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your...

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in...

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in...

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight:...

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight:...

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way...

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way...

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too...

Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too...

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for...

Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for...

I cannot command winds and weather.

I cannot command winds and weather.

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

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