Walter Model quotes
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“I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.”
-- Walter ModelSource : "Battle for the Ruhr" by Derek S. Zumbro, (p. 378), 2006.
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“Every minute that we lose will cost us great losses later that we will not be able to afford.”
-- Walter ModelSource : "Generalfeldmarschall Model Biographie" by Walter Göriltz, (p. 93), 2012.
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“He who leads troops has no right to think about himself.”
-- Walter ModelSource : "Hitler's Generals" by Correlli Barnett, (p. 323), 2003.
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“Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.”
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“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”
Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011
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“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
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“If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.”
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“Drill your soldiers well, and give them a pattern yourself.”
Source : "Suvorof". Book by W. Lyon Blease, 1926.
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