Hermann Goring Quotes

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• Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Peace, Military

  Interview in Göring's jail cell, April 18, 1946. "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1947.

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Peace, Freedom

  Quoted in Gustave M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary (1947).

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• We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.

  Hermann Goring

  Goering, World, Villain

  Statement in 1937. "Great Powers and Outlaw States: Unequal Sovereigns in the International Legal Order" by Gerry J. Simpson, p. 291, 2004.

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• Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver

  Hermann Goring

  Culture, Goering, Revolver

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Stupid, People, Scary

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• The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.

  Hermann Goring

  Judging, Accused

  "Nuremberg Diary". Book by Gustave Gilbert, 1995 edition, p. 4, 1947.

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• I know two types of law because I know two types of men, those who are with us and those who are against us.

  Hermann Goring

  Men, Law, Two

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Party, Class, Goering

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.

  Hermann Goring

  Country, Simple, Voice

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Suicide, War, Men

  Remark on May 24, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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• Shoot first and inquire afterwards, and if you make mistakes, I will protect you.

  Hermann Goring

  Mistake, Goering, Firsts

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• The only one who really knows about the Reichstag is I, because I set it on fire!

  Hermann Goring

  Fire, Goering, Knows

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Coffee, Night, Long

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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?

  Hermann Goring

  War, Communist Leaders, Agriculture

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Thinking, Feelings, Goering

  Remark on May 27, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Taken, Eggs, People

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• It is silly to appeal to people's moral sense.

  Hermann Goring

  Silly, People, Goering

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  California, Expansion, United States

  At lunch during the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, December 11, 1945. "Nuremberg Diary" by Gustave Gilbert, p. 66, 1947.

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Names, Enemy, Bombers

  Addressing the Luftwaffe in September 1939. "August 1939: The Last Days of Peace" by Nicholas Fleming, p. 171, 1979.

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• Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.

  Hermann Goring

  Powerful, Military, Gun

  Radio broadcast in 1936. "The New Language of Politics: An Anecdotal Dictionary of Catchwords, Slogans, and Political Usage" by William L. Safire, p. 178, 1968.

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• I have to laugh when the English claim they are such a wonderful nation. Everyone knows that Englishmen are really Germans, that the English kings were German, and that in Russia the emperors were either of German origin or received their education in Germany.

  Hermann Goring

  Kings, Russia, Laughing

  Remark on May 28, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.

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• The Jew must clearly understand one thing at once, he must get out!

  Hermann Goring

  Goering, Jew, One Thing

  Speech in Vienna after the Austrian Anschluss, 1938. Testimony in the Imperial War Museum, Folio 645, Box 156, pp. 5-6, October 20, 1945.

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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!

  Hermann Goring

  Goering, Action, Murder

  Closing statement to the Nuremberg tribunal on August 31, 1946. "Witness to Nuremberg" by Richard Sonnenfeldt, p. 70, 2006.

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• In Hitler the rare union has taken place between the most acute logical thinker and truly profound philosopher, and the iron man of action...I follow no leadership but that of Adolf Hitler and of God.

  Hermann Goring

  Taken, Men, Iron

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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.

  Hermann Goring

  Party, Men, Political

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