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No-one can fault their bravery. Only their results. —Bremen, Dwarf Fortress Let's Play Boatmurdered

"Observe their troops. Thin fabrics. Exposed skin. Feeble weapons. These are toy soldiers. The playthings of children!" —General Staal (observing UNIT forces shortly before losing to them in Doctor Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem")

Last time I had a hot meal was five days ago. Since then my entire platoon has been wiped out. That's why you're here. You're just a bunch of guys in line to get shot so they can bring in a bunch of other guys. See how that works? —Sgt. David Manning, When Trumpets Fade

You see, the Killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing this, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them, until they reached their limit and shut down. Kif, show them the medal I won. —Zapp Brannigan, Futurama

Magnus: You're the only member of Palutena's army who can carry his own weight. Don't even get me started on the centurions. Yeah, there's a ton of them, but they're all pretty flimsy. Pit: They're grunts. What do you expect? There's no incentive for them to toughen up -- they get revived when they die. —Kid Icarus Uprising

40k

"Join the Imperial Guard or die. Then die." —The Internet on Warhammer 40,000's Imperial Guard faction.

To each of us falls a task, and all the Emperor requires of us Guardsmen is that we stand the line, and we die fighting. It is what we do best: We die standing. —General Sturnn, Dawn of War: Winter Assault

All of the worlds of the Imperium shall look to their own defense. They shall also look to the defense of the Imperium, and the prosecution of such wars as the Emperor in His wisdom shall decree, according to such requirements as shall be imposed by the Administratum.

To this end, each populated planet shall raise and maintain forces for its defense, and and from its ranks, it shall provide the best of its troops for recruitment into the largest of the Imperium's armies - the Imperial Guard. —Codex Imperialis, Warhammer 40,000

"The goal of the Imperial Guard is to clog the enemy's barrels with dead bodies." —Anonymous IG Player, at the Newcastle Games Workshop establishment, while painting a Sentinel.