Etiam si omnes, ego non
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It is the motto of the family of Clermont-Tonnerre;Template:RTemplate:R the title of a poem by Ernest Myers[1] and the inscription on the tombstone of Italian philosopher Giuseppe Rensi. It is also the motto of the Italian Joint Special Forces Operations Headquarters.[2]
A variant is Template:Langx, as written on the door of Philipp von Boeselager's home,Template:R[3] highlighting the necessity of maintaining one's own opinion and moral judgment, even in the face of a differing view held by the majority (in particular, it refers to von Boeselager's dissent and resistance against Hitler during the Nazi dictatorship). The last part of the phrase, in its German translation, is the title of an autobiographical work of Joachim Fest: Script error: No such module "Lang"..
A longer variant of the phrase can be seen in a passage from the Vulgate Gospel of Matthew Template:Bibleref2-nb: Template:Langx[4] (Template:Langx, Ei pantes skandalisthēsontai en soi, egō oudepote skandalisthēsomai.)
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- ↑ For direct reference to the original site, please see Italian Ministry of Defence website on Special Forces
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