Friedrich von Schrötter

Friedrich Leopold Freiherr von Schrötter (1743 – 1815) was a Junker and Prussian government minister. Quotes Prussia was not a country with an army, but an army with a country. Describing the reign of Frederick the Great; https://books.google.com/books?id=5bkGvRnFzyUC&lpg=PA1&dq=Prussia%20was%20not%20a%20country%20with%20an%20army%2C%20but%20an%20army%20with%20a%20country.&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Prussia%20was%20not%20a%20country%20with%20an%20army,%20but%20an%20army%20with%20a%20country.&f=false Rommel's Lieutenants Chapter 1: The Source of Rommel's Officers 1 Samuel W. Jr. Mitcham Greenwood Publishing Group 2007 This quote has also been attributed to Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (9 March 1749 – 2 April 1791); http://www.dict.cc/english-german/Prussia+is+not+a+country+with+an+army+but+an+army+with+a+country.html English-German online dictionary dict.cc Paul Hemetsberger An early English source from 1872 simply uses the popular quote anonymously. https://books.google.com/books?id=CtcMAQAAIAAJ&dq=Prussia%20was%20not%20a%20country%20with%20an%20army%2C%20but%20an%20army%20with%20a%20country.&pg=PT743#v=onepage&q=Prussia%20was%20not%20a%20country%20with%20an%20army,%20but%20an%20army%20with%20a%20country.&f=false 1355 HANSARD'S PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES, THIRD SERIES: COMMENCING WITH THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM IV 1872 CCIX 23 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON CORNELIUS BUCK Supply — Considered in Committee — Army Estimates External links Category:Government ministers Category:Prussians Category:1815 deaths