(To Mussolini) His Excellence can count, now and forever, on my complete and absolute devotion.
Quoted in "Badoglio: duca di Caporetto"? — Page 14 — by Carlo De Biase — 1965
When Mussolini decided on war he did not take my advice or that of any other Army chief. In August 1939 the Duce had not been so sure about the invincibility of the Germans, and he told us that he had sought to persuade Hitler not to act.