Hermann Göring

“Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.”

“My measures will not be crippled by any bureaucracy. Here I don't have to worry about justice; my mission is only to destroy and exterminate, nothing more!”

“Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. 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.”

“Education is a dangerous thing. Every educated person is a future enemy.”

“My conscience is Adolf Hitler.”

“I was a man in a high position, and I carried out the orders that were given to me. It wasn't my business to question them.”

“Shoot first and ask questions later.”

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

“I joined the Party precisely because it was revolutionary, not because of the ideological stuff.”

“No, I will not be tried by foreigners. I will be judged by the German people!”

“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 tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”

“In 50 or 60 years, there will be statues of Hermann Göring all over Germany. Little statues in every home.”