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- ↑ "Histoire - Les devises". Maison de Clermont-Tonnerre (in French). n.d. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ↑ Myers, Ernest (9 September 2022). "Etsi omnes ego non (poem)". Bartleby.com .
- ↑ For direct reference to the original site, please see Italian Ministry of Defence website on Special Forces
- ↑ Samuelson, Sharon G. (Spring 2007). "Even If All, Not I". Y Magazine . OCLC 46640168. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
The saying is carved in a timber beam on the outside of Philipp's family home in Germany.
- ↑ Paolo, Valentino (1 July 2004). "La mia armata a cavallo per abbattere il nazismo" . Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 35.
- ↑ Matthew 26:33
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