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|align=center|[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 59
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|align=center|[[Commissar#Lord_CommissarLord Commissar| Lord Commissar]] [[Commissar Lord Bernn| Bernn]]
|align=center|'''''Drive me closer - I want to hit them with my sword!'''''{{Fn|Note 11}}
|align=center|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]
|align=center|[[First and Only (Novel)]],<br>Part Three: Fortis Binary Forge World, ch. Six
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|align=center|[[Lord General]][[Castor (Lord General)| Castor]],<br>[[Cadian 8th]]
|align=center|'''''A brave man will not fear enemy fire. But a smart man will not needlessly expose himself to it.'''''
|align=center|[[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]
|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]]
|align=center|'''''I have at my command an entire battle group of the Imperial Guard. Fifty regiments, including specialized drop troops, stealthers, mechanized formations, armored armoured companies, combat engineers and mobile artillery. Over half a million fighting men and thirty thousand tanks and artillery pieces are mine to command. Emperor show mercy to the fool that stands against me, for I shall not.'''''<br> – at the outset of the [[Salonika Crusade]], 733.[[M38]]{{Fn|Note 5}}
|align=center|[[Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition)]], pg. 7<br>[[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]], pg. 159
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|align=center|[[Platoon]] [[Commander]] [[Cyrus Jalili]], [[Prandium]] Defense Auxilia
|align=center|'''''They're beasts! What are they going to do, bomb us from orbit?'''''
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[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Starstorm''
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|align=center|Verse III of the [[Maccabian Janissaries|Janissary's]] Oath
|align=center|[[Colonel]] [[Pannet]], on [[Catachan Jungle Fighters|Catachan Warriors]]
|align=center|'''''As swift as a lash mamba, as sharp as a spineleaf, as stubborn as a wild grox.''''
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[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Talisman of Dominance''
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|align=center|[[Commander|Knight Commander]] [[Pask]],<br> [[Cadian Shock Troopers|Cadian 423rd Armoured Regiment]]
|align=center| [[Lord Commissar]] [[Barron Reed]]
|align=center| '''''It is their duty to fight and die so that Humanity might be perserved.'''''
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[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Martial Coup''
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|align=center| [[Imperial Guard Captain|Captain]] [[Rock (Imperial Guard Captain)|Rock]] of the [[Catachan III|Catachan III 'Green Devils']]
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|align=center|[[Corporal]] [[Webb (Cadian)|Webb]], [[Cadian 14th|Cadian XIV Shocktroopers]]
|align=center|'''''I don’t get it. How does a tank that big just disappear? What sorcery can do… do... Holy Throne! Heavy weapons, right flank, right flank! Fire now.'''''
|align=center|[http://web.archive.org/web/20110211195353/http://www.games-workshopg.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m70042a_Strategy_cards_5 Strategy Cards] for [[Planetary Empires]] expansion game, card ''"Hologram - Minor Stratagem"'', ''(saved archive page, dated February 2011, last accessed 05 October 2015)''
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|rowspan=3|[[Commissar]] [[Sebastian Yarrick]]
|align=center|'''''There will be no retreat from [[Hades Hive]]. We will fight to the end.'''''
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[[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 85
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|align=center|'''''When the door drops, give them a taste of the Emperor's fire!'''''
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[[Magic: The Gathering's Universes Beyond Warhammer 40,000]]
- ''Deploy to the Front''
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|align=center|'''''Heroes of Armageddon! You have withstood the evil savagery of the Orks, and they have nothing left for you to fear. So raise high the black banners of vengeance - now is our time.'''''<br> – last transmission prior to departing with a [[Black Templars]] crusade to hunt down [[Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka]]
==={{Endn|Note 5}}===
Possible reference to [[Wikipedia:Joseph_HookerJoseph Hooker|Joseph Hooker]], an American Civil War general for the Union; he is quoted to have said: ''"I have the finest army on the planet. I have the finest army the sun ever shone on. [...] If the enemy does not run, God help them. May God have mercy on General Lee, for I will have none."''
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==={{Endn|Note 12}}===
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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