“All my moves were designed to promote the happiness and wellbeing of my family, rather than fame.”

—  Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross

As quoted in his obituary in The Times (11 July 2003) http://www.fpp.co.uk/History/Nuremberg/Times110703.html

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