“Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking a...” — Horatio Nelson Quote

“Our country will, I believe, sooner forgive an officer for attacking an enemy than for letting it alone.”

“If I had been censured every time I have run my ship, or fleets under my command, into great danger, I should have long ago been out of the Service and never in the House of Peers.”

“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.”

“When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others.”

“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.”

“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.”

“We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly - spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.”

“Doing the right thing is a decision, which in many cases means you stand alone.”

“No dream is ever chased alone.”

“Trump's pronounced anti-immigrant stance is reminiscent of both Le Pen in France and Orban in Hungary, although he is far from alone in taking such positions in much of today's Republican Party.”

“One of the phenomenons of American political life is that it all stops one day. One day, you've got 200 reporters and cameras, and everybody is hanging on you. And three days later, you're alone. And it's quite a transition.”

“Noah and his family were the only loyal and obedient subjects to the legal power: they alone were saved.”