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== Real life ==
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{{quote|''"This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany."''|'''Neville Chamberlain''', September 3, 1939}}
{{quote|''"I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars."''|'''President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]''', 1940, during his re-election campaign}}
{{quote|''"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. [...] I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December seventh, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire."''|'''President Roosevelt''', 1941}}
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{{quote|''"So the bastard's dead? Too bad we didn't capture him alive!"''|'''[[Joseph Stalin]]''', upon being informed of Hitler's suicide.}}
{{quote|''The mission of this Allied force was fulfilled at 0241 hours, local time, May 7, 1945.''|'''[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]''', 1945 reporting on German surrender}}
{{quote|''This is your victory! It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land. In all our long history we have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone, man or woman, has done their best. Everyone has tried. Neither the long years, nor the dangers, nor the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way weakened the independent resolve of the British nation. God bless you all.''|'''[[Winston Churchill]]''', Victory Speech (May 8, 1945)}}
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== Fiction ==
{{quote|''In front of the barracks,In front of the main gate,''
''Stood a lamppost,It still stands out front,''
''We want to see each other there again,''
''We want to stand by the lamppost, As before, Lili Marleen,''
''As before, Lili Marleen.''|'''[[wikipedia:Lili Marlene|Lili Marleen]]'''}}
{{quote|'''Abe:''' I didn't think it would come to this when I fought in the [[World War
'''Lenny:''' "First World War"? [[Retronym|Why do you keep calling it that?]]
'''Abe:''' Oh, you'll see!|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', "Treehouse of Horror XVII: The Day The Earth Looked Stupid"}}
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