"Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said through his chief of staff that my conduct was beyond reproach and he had the greatest admiration for me."

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Source : Said to Leon Goldensohn, July 14, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

Karl Donitz

#Defense Quotes #Admiration Quotes #Staff Quotes

“You can't play the role of a victim all your life without becoming one in the end.”
“A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.”
“I like to try the scene over and over, but given the confines of television, I don't have that option.”
“The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.”
“Nothing is more practical than a good theory.”
“With regard to the alternatives, we already have them. The cellular and genetic lines of research in humans are the most promising. AIDS is caused by a virus, so it makes sense to study the virus, not chimpanzees. We have learned virtually nothing about AIDS from the chimpanzee. Every major advance in AIDS research ... has come from human studies.”
“My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same.”
“Poverty has a home in Africalike a quiet second skin.It may be the only place on earth where it is worn with unconscious dignity.”

Source : 1989 Tales of Tenderness and Power.

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