"Every soldier knows that the company commander is full of the best intentions in vain; if his subordinates want it, he is still powerless. Similarly, even the most superior-minded minister is always shipwrecked when the reactionary crowd of privy councilors turn against him.
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Erich Maria RemarqueAll Translations
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Every soldier knows that the company commander is full of the best intentions in vain; if his subordinates want it, he is still powerless. Similarly, even the most superior-minded minister is always shipwrecked when the reactionary crowd of privy councilors turn against him.
""Minden katona tudja, hogy a századparancsnok hiába van tele a legjobb szándékokkal; ha az altisztjei úgy akarják, mégis tehetetlen. Hasonlóképpen a leghaladóbb gondolkodású miniszter is mindig hajótörést szenved, ha ellene fordul a titkos tanácsosok reakciós tömege."