Soldiers of Freedom Quotes

“I told you that day, I am embarrassed to be a German. We should have risen up and stopped Hitler and his Nazis. We should have spoken out against the mistreatment of the Jews and other supposed “Enemies of the State” long before the concentration camps were built. We Germans—all Germans—failed. At the end, we were killing our own people, anyone who was not a fanatic for National Socialism. But the war is over and now we must rebuild our country, with America’s help, and bring the Nazis to justice.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“Especially since you’re a dog and probably only as smart as the average Russian. So”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“But she already knew the answer: they had ended up at this hellhole on earth because they, like every German, hadn’t done enough to stop Hitler and his Nazis from rising to power and had complacently followed him or refused to seriously challenge him once he had seized power.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“For the ugly truth was that every German was ultimately guilty for allowing Hitler and the Nazis to rise to power and hiding their head in the sand and turning their backs when the regime began singling out Communists, Jews, clergymen, and other racial, political, and social enemies of the Reich.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“Tomorrow many of those now cheering, men who were his direct responsibility, would be dead—because of his orders. And yet, to see them waving and cheering and ready to lay down their lives in the name of freedom was the most heartrending experience of his life, especially knowing what the ambulances on the other side of the road held.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“That unknown spells defeat or victory, success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks; I call it God. God has His part, or margin, in everything. That’s where prayer comes in.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom

“memory. She accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior and sought, in quiet moments like these, to draw closer to Him. She knew that all true believers endured to the end, that only through faith could a person remain in a state of grace.”
― Samuel Marquis, Soldiers of Freedom