"Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made."
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"There can be no place for self entirely"
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"Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it."
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"A ship's a fool to fight a fort."
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"I am ill every time it blows hard, and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea."
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"Our Country will, I believe, sooner forgive an Officer for attacking his Enemy than for letting it alone."
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"The business of the English commander-in-chief being first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided."
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"England expects every man to do his duty"
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"When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved - 'It was new - it was singular - it was simple!'."
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"My love is founded on esteem, the only foundation that can make the passion last."
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"It is my turn now; and if I come back, it is yours."
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"I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it."
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"Thank God I have done my duty. Drink, drink. Fan, fan. Rub, rub. Kiss me, Hardy."
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"Laurels grow in the Bay of Biscay, I hope a bed of them may be found in the Mediterranean."
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