"There was always a screen behind which one could hide— a superior who in turn had his superior— orders, instructions, duties, commands— and finally the many-headed monster, morale, necessity, hard reality, responsibility, or whatever it was called— there was always a screen behind which to evade the simple law of humanity."

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About Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist best known for All Quiet on the Western Front. His antiwar writing made him one of the most influential literary voices on World War I.

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