Wilhelm Keitel Quote

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue.

To Leon Goldensohn, May 17, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 166

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard....

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard....

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard....

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard....