“The soldier is like the monk, for whom order is called obedience.”

—  Pietro Badoglio

Il soldato è come il monaco, per cui l'ordine si chiama obbedienza.
Quoted in "Badoglio‎" - Page 140 - by Silvio Bertoldi - 1967

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Il soldato è come il monaco, per cui l'ordine si chiama obbedienza.

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Italian general during both World Wars and a Prime Minister… 1871–1956

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