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|align=center|'''''Da Sergeant Major asked me what my job was an' I said it was to, uh, do what I was told. He said I was a genius and gave me another medal. I likes da Imperial Guard!'''''{{Fn|Note 4}}
|align=center|[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 67
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|align=center|[[Imperial]] [[Marshal (Imperial Guard)| Marshal]] [[Delephrai]] - ''the phrase is used a as a [[Wikipedia:Valediction|valediction]] to the end of written military orders''
|align=center|'''''Semper Fidelis'''''{{Fn|Note 13}}
|align=center|[[White Dwarf 216 (UK)]], pg. 66
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|align=center|[[Imperial Warmaster|Warmaster]] [[Demetrius]]
Possible reference to a [https://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html quote] by [[Wikipedia:Sun Tzu| Sun Tzu]]
''Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.''
==={{Endn|Note 13}}===
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semper_fidelis ''Semper Fidelis''] is a Latin phrase meaning "always faithful" or "always loyal" and is used as a motto by various familial and military organizations, including famously the [[Wikiepdia:United States Marine Corps| United States Marine Corps]
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