Karl Dönitz (1891–1980) President of Germany; admiral in command of German submarine forces during World War II
May 1, 1945, quoted in "Memoirs: Ten Years And Twenty Days" - Page 445 - by Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz - History - 1997.
“It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.”
Letter to Charles Eliot Norton (4 February 1872).
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