"Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat."
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. He also served as Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe, a position he held until the final days of the regime.
"I know you want to study me psychologically. Thats reasonable and I appreciate it. At least you dont lecture to me and pry into my affairs. You have a good technique as a psychiatrist. Let the other fellow talk and stick his neck into the noose. I dont mean that the way it sounds. But you hardly say anything. Someday Im going to ask you questions."
"What do I care about danger? Ive sent soldiers and airmen to death against the enemy — why should I be afraid?"
"In Berlin Jews controlled almost one hundred percent of the theaters and cinemas before the rise to power."
"I think that women are wonderful but Ive never met one yet who didnt show more feeling than logic."
"All nonsense. 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."
"Excellency, please sign. I hate to say it, but my job is not the easiest one. Prague, your capital–I should be terribly sorry if I were compelled to destroy this beautiful city. But I would have to do it, to make the English and French understand that my air force can do all it claims to do. Because they still dont want to believe this is so, and I should like an opportunity of giving them proof."