Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
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God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.
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That is not to say that we can relax our readiness to defend ourselves. Our armament must be adequate to the needs, but our faith is not primarily in these machines of defense but in ourselves.
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