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date: 22 January 2025

Hermann Goering 1893–1946
German Nazi leader. See also Johst 

  1. We have no butter…but I ask you—would you rather have butter or guns?…preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.
    speech at Hamburg, 1936, in W. Frischauer Goering (1951) ch. 10; see Goebbels
  2. 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.
    instructions to Heydrich, 31 July 1941; see Heydrich
  3. 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 conversation in his cell in Nuremburg, 18 April 1946; Gustave Gilbert Nuremburg Diary (1947)