"I leave it to your discretion to strike or not, but the American colors must not be pulled down over my head today."
— Discretion

January 1, 1970

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Oliver Hazard Perry, final instructions to Lieutenant John Joliffe Yarnall, upon leaving the disabled USS Lawrence in the Battle of Lake Erie (10 September 1813).