Quote of the day III

During a war, news should be given out for instruction rather than information.

Joseph Göbbels

 

"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders . . . All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism."

Hermann Göring

 

“If I were to take offence when abused by Winston and given to understand that he had no confidence in me, I should have to resign at least once every day!”

Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke

 

"In the real world of limited resources, we know that we can only detect, investigate, and prosecute a small percentage of those officials who are corrupt."

&

"I remain convinced there is no more important an area in the fight against corruption, than the challenge for us within the law enforcement and justice sectors, than to keep our own houses clean."

both by U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft ..April 18, 2008

 

Why nationalize industry when you can nationalize the people?

Adolf Hitler

 

Gold is not neccesary. I have no interest in gold. We will build a solid state, without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells above the set prices, let him be marched off to a concentration camp. That's the bastion of money.

Adolf Hitler

 

The war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.

Joseph Göbbels

 

" A rare honour has this day fallen to the Division. It has captured a town ahead of the BBC!"

August 16th 1944, 3rd British Division´s Intelligence summary

 

" Again and again I meet soldiers in the Department Eure who, as cyclists, do not keep their legs stiff when saluting. This is against orders, when the bicycle is freewheeling, and the journey is not uphill.I request that all units be informed."

Gollnitz, Oberst, District Commander, August 1944

 

" If it becomes necessary to save time, put 500 or even 1,000 tons of air on the place and take the city apart."

General Bradley on Caen during Normandy battles

 

The efficiency of the truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in concentrating it on a single enemy.

Adolf Hitler

 

The great masses of the people ... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.

Adolf Hitler

 

The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this.

Robert Ley

 

"War is horrible, slavery is worse."
-Winston Churchill​

 

"Politicians brought the Nazis to power and started the war. They are the ones who brought about these disgusting crimes, and now we have to sit there in the dock with them and share the blame!"

Dönitz in Nuremberg during the trials May 1946

 

one for the disgustingly deficient to ponder, if they can ...

"Polls are used to Shape opinion, not Reflect it."

Rush Limbaugh

 

" The cover of the tomb is closing upon us!"

German officer at Stalingrad

 

"Don't let anybody tell you that they had no idea. Everybody sensed there was something horribly wrong with the system."

Hans Frank during the Nuremberg trials

 

"We are only living shadows--the remains of a dead era--an era that died with Hitler. Whether a few of us live another 10 or 20 years, it makes no difference."

Joachim v Ribbentrop during the Nuremberg trials

 

"We thought he was talking about our liquor bills!" Royal Air Force fighter pilots after hearing Churchill's " never was so much owed by so many to so few" speech