Hermann Göring Short Quotes

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

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

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If I didn't have a sense of humor, how could I stand this trial now?

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

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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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Hitler decided that. I thought it was stupid because I believed that first we had to defeat England.

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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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In Berlin Jews controlled almost one hundred percent of the theaters and cinemas before the rise to power.

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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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No. It was the last hours and he (Hitler) was under pressure. If I could have seen him personally it would have been different.

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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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Submit to me as soon as possible a draft showing... measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.

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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 to exterminate; nothing more.

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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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Heredity is more important than environment. Blood will tell. For example, a man is either musical by heredity or he is not. You can't make a man musical by the environment.

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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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All Quatsch. Nobody knows the real Göring. I am a man of many parts, but the autobiography, what does that tell you? Nothing. And those books put out by the party press, they are less than useless.

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