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"Its best that you know this immediately: I have never been a Fascist, but always a soldier who obeyed orders."
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Rodolfo GrazianiAn enemy forgiven is more dangerous than a thousand foes. — Rodolfo Graziani
"An enemy forgiven is more dangerous than a thousand foes."
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Rodolfo Graziani, 1st Marquis of Neghelli also known as the Butcher of Ethiopia or the Butcher of Fezzan, was an Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Royal Army, primarily noted for his campaigns in Africa before and during World War II. A dedicated and prominent member of the National Fascist Party, he was a key figure in the Italian military during the regime of Benito Mussolini.
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"Herewith I, Marshal of Italy Rodolfo Graziani, in my capacity as Italian Minister of War, extend to General of the Waffen-SS Karl Wolff, the higher SS and police leader and fully empowered general of the German Armed Forces in Italy, the following powers: to conduct negotiations on my behalf and, with the same conditions as for the German Armed Forces in Italy, to enter into agreements binding me with respect to all regular troops of the Italian Army, Navy and Air Force as well as of the military Fascist units."
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"The Duce will have Ethiopia... with or without Ethiopians."
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"Until face to face with the enemy, who inexorably advanced well protected toward sure prey, they cried with the last spark of life, "Long Live Italy!"
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