Unquestioning Loyalty Quotes
The origin of the quotation is with Philosopher George Santayana--{634038}
This was an incredible order not allowing any Russian Army unit to retreat or surrender. However, it worked. The Russians, with American help of arms, held off the mighty German invading Army. However the German invasion cost the Russians a staggering 22 million lives, mostly civillian.
A slight variant of this quotation was used by U. S. Senator Alan K. Simpson—{621186}.