Hermann Goring Quotes
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There is hardly any politically minded man who acknowledges and agrees with every point of the program of a political party.
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No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer.
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I am what I have always been: the last Renaissance man, if I may be allowed to say so.
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I would have let you shoot me without further ado! But it is not possible to hang the German Reichsmarschall! I cannot permit this. ... I have no moral obligation to submit to the justice of my enemies. I have therefore chosen the manner of death of the great Hannibal.
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What do I care about danger? I've sent soldiers and airmen to death against the enemy - why should I be afraid?
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I live the life of the last Renaissance man.
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Certainly I shall use the police, and most ruthlessly, whenever the German people are hurt. But I refuse the notion that the police are protective troops for Jewish stores. No, the police protect whoever comes into Germany legitimately, but it does not exist for the purpose of protecting Jewish money-lenders.
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To me there are two Hitlers: one who existed until the end of the French war; the other begins with the Russian campaign. In the beginning he was genial and pleasant. He would have extraordinary willpower and unheard-of influence on people. The important thing to remember is that the first Hitler, the man who I knew until the end of the French war, had much charm and goodwill. He was always frank. The second Hitler, who existed from the beginning of the Russian campaign until his suicide, was always suspicious, easily upset, and tense. He was distrustful to an extreme degree.
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It is silly to appeal to people's moral sense.
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I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.
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Our movement took a grip on cowardly Marxism and from it extracted the meaning of socialism. It also took from the cowardly middle-class parties their nationalism. Throwing both into the cauldron of our way of life there emerged, as clear as a crystal, the synthesis -- German National Socialism.
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And another question was unfortunately not asked of Göring: 'The German people put faith in you even if they doubted Hitler because you were gentlemanly and more likable. What did you, Göring, do to justify this confidence? You have led a luxurious life and collected stolen art.
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Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?
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The Jew must clearly understand one thing at once, he must get out!
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God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he [Hitler] was sent to us by God to save Germany.
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We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.
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I joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense.
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Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs.
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I will decide who is a Jew!
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If people say that here and there someone has been taken away and maltreated, I can only reply: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
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Hitler used to come to my house once in a while for a cup of coffee, and because I led a normal life, he would leave at about 9 p.m. ... However, Hitler used to spend practically all of his nights, sometimes until four a.m., with Goebbels. ... God knows what evil influence Goebbels had on him during those long visits.
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The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.
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We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
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In Berlin Jews controlled almost one hundred percent of the theaters and cinemas before the rise to power.
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I especially denounce the terrible mass murders, which I cannot understand. I never ordered any killing or tortures where I had the power to prevent such actions!
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The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
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I think that women are wonderful but I've never met one yet who didn't show more feeling than logic.
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After the United States gobbled up California and half of Mexico, and we were stripped down to nothing, territorial expansion suddenly becomes a crime. It's been going on for centuries, and it will still go on.
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The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.
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Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.
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