Quote #15

Rohm deceived himself when he thought when he thought that his closeness to Hitler would allow him to survive while other German homosexual men were being persecuted. Rohm was not murdered because he was homosexual, but the fact that he was so gave his enemies a means of turning Hitler against him and securing his destruction.

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  3. People rose up on the chairs and were embraced, many cried out of joy and emotion. Finally! It was the exclamation of relief that exited fr…
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  5. Primarily, I do not belong to a line of respected people and I do not have the ambition of others.
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  8. All revolutions devour their own children.

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