Marshal Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino , was an Italian general during both World Wars and a Prime Minister of Italy, as well as the first viceroy of Italian East Africa.
“(To Mussolini) His Excellence can count, now and forever, on my complete and absolute devotion.”
(A Mussolini) Vostra Eccellenza può contare ora e sempre sulla mia completa e assoluta devozione.
Quoted in "Rodolfo Graziani: L'uomo" - Page 78 - by Giovanni Battista Madìa, Emilio Faldella, Titta Madia - 1955
“Quoted in "Badoglio: duca di Caporetto" - Page 14 - by Carlo De Biase - 1965”
Se orgoglio ho io, è quello di aver sempre servito fedelmente e con devozione illimitata voi, Duce.
Quoted in "We Cannot Escape History" - Page 85 - by John Thompson Whitaker - Europe - 1943
Quoted in "Twenty Angels Over Rome: The Story of Fascist Italy's Fall" - Page 70 - by Richard McMillan - 1945
To Pavolini. Quoted in " Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History" - Page 68 - by Owen Pearson - 2006
“I can't let myself fly with my fantasy because it is against my nature.”
Non posso abbandonarmi a voli di fantasia perché ciò è contrario alla mia natura.
Quoted in "Badoglio Risponde" - Page 225 - by Vanna Vailati - Italy - 1958
“I've never been a rebel general and I've proven that until the end.”
Non sono mai stato un generale ribelle e l'ho dimostrato sino all'ultimo.
Quoted in "Badoglio Risponde" - by Vanna Vailati - Italy - 1958
Quoted in "Twenty Angels Over Rome: The Story of Fascist Italy's Fall" - Page 72 - by Richard McMillan - 1945
“Quoted in "Badoglio" - Page 148 - by Silvio Bertoldi - 1967”
C'è un veleno che corrode le dittature: l'incenso. La rovina delle dittature sono i ras osannanti.
Quoted in "The Civilizing Mission" - Page 232 - by A. J. Barker - 1968
“The soldier is like the monk, for whom order is called obedience.”
Il soldato è come il monaco, per cui l'ordine si chiama obbedienza.
Quoted in "Badoglio" - Page 140 - by Silvio Bertoldi - 1967
In a letter to General Eisenhower. Quoted in "World War II" - by Michael Armitage, Lord Lewin, Terry Charman - History - 2004 - Page 19
“I have conquered an empire for Italy and Mussolini has thrown it away.”
Quoted in "Badoglio Risponde" - Page 243 - by Vanna Vailati - Italy - 1958
“I slowly strangle my enemies with a velvet glove.”
Io i miei nemici li strangolo lentamente col guanto di velluto.
Quoted in "Italienisch-ostafrika(1936-1941)" - Page 18 - by Stefan Plenk - 2008
Quoted in "A Special Mission" - Page 9 - by Dan Kurzman - Political Science - 2007
Quoted in "Italy Betrayed" - by Peter Tompkins - Page 218
“Io sono un militare e non so nulla di correnti politiche.”
Quoted in "Badoglio: Un militare al potere" - Page 228 - by Giovanni De Luna - 1974
