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We are proudly conscious of the historic duty which we shall continue to fulfil; the defence of that Western civilisation which has been our heritage for centuries, but we know also that we have paid to the very last penny any debt we may have owed the West.

— Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim

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Forts, cannons and foreign aid will not help unless every man himself knows that he is the guard of his country.

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