“Can the people choose its elite? Why then do soldiers not choose the best general? In order to choose, this collective jury would have to know very well: a) The laws of strategy, tactics, organization, etc. and b) To what extent the individual in question conforms through aptitudes and knowledge to these laws. No one can choose wisely without this knowledge.”

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard (1936), Politics

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Romanian politician 1899–1938

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