Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty.
What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.
England expects every man to do his duty
My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.
No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.
There can be no place for self entirely