"Rappelez-vous, en suivant le chemin de l’honneur, qu’il n’est pas de plus beau titre au monde que celui de Soldat français, et que ce noble drapeau qui flotte au milieu de vos baïonnettes est désormais votre Patrie."
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June 1854 speech to the 1st Foreign Regiment which was leaving for the Crimean War after having built . Quoted by Divisional general Jean Maurin, Commandant of the Foreign Legion, in Képi Blanc, no. 779
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