“One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.”

—  Erwin Rommel

As quoted in Dirty Little Secrets : Military Information You're Not Supposed To Know (1990) by James F. Dunnigan and Albert A. Nofi, p. 50

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German field marshal of World War II 1891–1944

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