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İsmail Enver Quotes

1881–1922 Turkey

İsmail Enver (November 22, 1881 – August 4, 1922) was an Ottoman military officer who formed one-third of the dictatorial triumvirate known as the "Three Pashas" (along with Talaat Pasha and Cemal Pasha) in the Ottoman Empire, which held de facto rule from 1913 until the end of World War I in 1918.

Turkey
Military leaders

Also known as: Enver Pasha, Ismail Enver

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All who seek to enrich those who do not work should be destroyed.

The threat could be eliminated by removing the Armenians from the places where they lived and sending them to other places.

We have destroyed the former by the sword, we shall destroy the latter through starvation.

We are taking care of our troops today, hence their loyalty. Formerly a rifle was given to a man and he had to shift for himself.

The transformation of the Islamic world into one of revolution, as His Majesty has desired, had been in preparation for some time and had now been put into action.

If the Russians retreat, they are done.

You are greatly mistaken. We have this country absolutely under our control. I have no desire to shift the blame onto our underlings and I am entirely willing to accept the responsibility myself for everything that has taken place.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: İsmail Enver (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.