When I Came To Power, I Did

If Positive Christianity Means Love Of One's Neighbour, I.e. The Tending Of The Sick, The Clothing Of The Poor, The Feeding Of The Hungry, The Giving Of Drink To Those Who Are Thirsty, Then It Is We Who Are The More Positive Christians. For In These Spheres The Community Of The People Of National Socialist Germany Has Accomplished A Prodigious Work.

I Am Quite Sure That Very Few Of The So-called Reds In Spain Were Really Communists. We Were Badly Deceived, For, Had I Known The Real State Of Affairs, I Would Never Have Allowed Our Aircraft To Bombard And Destroy A Starving Population And At The Same Time Re-establish The Spanish Clergy In All Their Horrible Privileges. (10th February 1945)

Knowledge Above The Average Can Be Crammed Into The Average Man, But It Remains Dead, And In The Last Analysis Sterile Knowledge. The Result Is A Man Who May Be A Living Dictionary But Nevertheless Falls Down Miserably In All Special Situations And Decisive Moments In Life.

If Nature Does Not Wish That Weaker Individuals Should Mate With The Stronger, She Wishes Even Less That A Superior Race Should Intermingle With An Inferior One; Because In Such A Case All Her Efforts, Throughout Hundreds Of Thousands Of Years, To Establish An Evolutionary Higher Stage Of Being, May Thus Be Rendered Futile.

But It Would Be Absolutely Mistaken To Regard A Wealth Of Theoretical Knowledge As Characteristic Proof For The Qualities And Abilities Of A Leader.