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{{quote|'''al-Jilani:''' Sources claim you were at the heart of the Presidium during the Battle of the Citadel. It's fair to say the course of the battle hinged on your words. If true, you told Admiral Hackett to assist the Destiny Ascension, costing hundreds of human lives and securing the continued dominance of the Citadel Council.<br />

'''Shephard:''' The Turians lost 20 cruisers. Figure each had a crew of around 300. The Ascension - the Asari dreadnought we saved - had a crew of nearly 10,000.<br />

'''al-Jilani:''' But [[What Measure Is a Non Human|surely the human cost]]-<br />

'''al-Jilani:''' But [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|surely the human cost]]-<br />

'''Shephard:''' The Alliance lost eight cruisers. [[The Dead Have Names|Shenyang. Emden. Jakarta. Cairo. Seoul. Cape Town. Warsaw. Madrid. And yes, I remember them all.]] Everyone in the 5th fleet is a hero. The Alliance owes them all medals, the Council owes them a lot more than that. ''[[Shut UP Hannibal|And so do you]].''|''[[Mass Effect]] 2''}}

'''Shephard:''' The Alliance lost eight cruisers. [[The Dead Have Names|Shenyang. Emden. Jakarta. Cairo. Seoul. Cape Town. Warsaw. Madrid. And yes, I remember them all.]] Everyone in the 5th fleet is a hero. The Alliance owes them all medals, the Council owes them a lot more than that. ''[[Shut UP, Hannibal|And so do you]].''|''[[Mass Effect]] 2''}}

{{quote|''"O Lord our Father, our young patriots, idols of our hearts, go forth to battle -- be Thou near them! With them -- in spirit -- we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe. O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it -- for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet! We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen."''|''[[Mark Twain]]'', '''[[Sarcasm Mode|The War Prayer]]'''}}

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{{quote|''Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.''|'''William T. Sherman'''}}

{{quote|''Only the dead have seen the end of war.''|'''George Santayana''', Soliloquy #25, "Tipperary"<ref>also attributed, [[Beam Me Up Scotty|falsely]], to [[Plato]]</ref>}}

{{quote|''Only the dead have seen the end of war.''|'''George Santayana''', Soliloquy #25, "Tipperary"<ref>also attributed, [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|falsely]], to [[Plato]]</ref>}}

{{quote|''[[Fluffy the Terrible|Betty]] has gone too far. Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing, like "badwrong", or "badong". Yes, killing is badong. From this point forward, I shall stand for the opposite of killing...gnodab.|'''[[The Chosen One]]''', ''[[Kung Pow]]''}}