Erich Ludendorff Quotes on Leadership
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By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign capital, and deprived of all self-respect. In twenty years' time, the German people will curse the parties who now boast of having made the Revolution.
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He is the only man...who has any political sense. Go and listen to him one day.
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A field marshal is born, not made!
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I will give up troops gladly as long as I know that they will be used in the right place to bring victory.
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By appointing Hitler Chancellor of the Reich, you have handed over our sacred German Fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I prophesy to you this evil man will plunge our Reich into the abyss and will inflict immeasurable woe on our nation. Future generations will curse you in your grave for this action.
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He became the perfect regimental commander...the younger officers came to adore him.
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Erich Ludendorff was not a sentimentalist. He had come to take charge, to issue orders, to win a crucial victory.