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Uncommon valor was a common virtue.

Chester W. Nimitz

Describing the battle of Iwo Jima.

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Nimitz, Chester W. Statement after the Battle of Iwo Jima. c. 1945, Iwo Jima, Tokyo, Japan.

At present an iron curtain of silence has descended, cutting off the Russian zone from the Western Allies.

T. St. Vincent Troubridge

A Curtain Across Europe

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Troubridge, Thomas. "A Curtain Across Europe." Empire News, 21 Oct. 1945.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

Robert E. Lee

On seeing a Union charge repulsed by the Confederate army.

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Lee, Robert E. Comment to James Longstreet, on seeing a Union charge repelled in the Battle of Fredericksburg. Battle of Fredericksburg. 13 Dec. 1862, Fredericksburg, VA, USA.

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Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Grant, Ulysses S. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1869, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Grant, Ulysses S. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1873, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Patton, George Smith. War As I Knew It. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947, pt. 3.

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Marshall, George Catlett. Address announcing the Marshall Plan. 5 June 1947, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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Nelson, Horatio. Letter to the Earl of Camden, the Secretary of War. c. 1804.

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Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, London: John Murray, 1813, ch. 3.

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Nelson, Horatio. Quoted in The Life of Nelson, written by Robert Southey. Vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ch. 3.