"You are mistaken. We've hired him."
— Franz von Papen
January 1, 1970
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Response to a conservative who told Papen that he was placing himself in Hitler's hands by supporting him being appointed Chancellor (late January 1933), quoted in Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1889–1936: Hubris (2001), p. 421
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Response to a conservative who told Papen that he was placing himself in Hitler's hands by supporting him being appointed Chancellor (late January 1933), quoted in Ian Kershaw, Hitler, 1889–1936: Hubris (2001), p. 421