Edith Louisa Cavell: Frasi in inglese
Though said the night before her execution this statement has often been presented as having been her last. Variants of these words have sometimes been misattributed to Florence Nightingale. "Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone." is inscribed beneath her statue at St. Martin's Place in London.
Last statements (1915)
As quoted in The Economist (15 October 2010), p. 107
“I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved.”
As quoted in "Edith Cavell" by Helen Judson in The American Journal of Nursing (July 1941), p. 871
