“I only want Lions in my regiment.”

— José de San Martín

Solo quiero Leones en mi regimiento.
As quoted in San Martín, The Liberator (1971) by J. C. J. Metford, p. 33

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Sólo quiero Leones en mi regimiento

Variant: Solo quiero Leones en mi regimiento.

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