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I'm iron. I lasted through ten years of war, and now I can last through this. It's true, it's not good for the nerves.

— Sepp Dietrich

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Source: To Leon Goldensohn, February 28, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 280
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I never actively engaged in politics, never made speeches. Politics is a whore. It's too high for me. Just as I don't understand American politics, so I don't understand German politics. The only interest in politics is to get to know how to lead a life under the most favorable circumstances.

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He (Hitler) knew even less than the rest. He allowed himself to be taken for a sucker by everyone.

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