German Officer

Famous quotes containing the words german and/or officer:

    “The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn’t believe it gets one in the neck.”
    —Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)

    “A true military officer is in one particular like a true monk. Not with more self-abnegation will the latter keep his vows of monastic obedience than the former his vows of allegiance to martial duty.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)