History Quotes / AdolfHitler

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->''By far the stupidest thing done, not only in the last year, but in the last two or three centuries, was the acceptance by the Germans of the Dictatorship of Hitler -- to say nothing of Goering.''
-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton'''

-->-- ''Film/TheProducers'', The song "Springtime for Hitler"

-->--As quoted by Joseph Goebbles in ''"Der Führer als Redner", Adolf Hitler. Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers'' (1936)

-->-- '''Goebbels's diary''', 1939

->''If the countless blood-freezing facts about Adolf Hitler that several historians have established independently, there is one that keeps me awake more than any other. Not only did he “time” everything in anticipation of his own early death (he had always had morbid fantasies of illness and suicide), but, [[DeathSeeker at different moments, he actually told close associates that this was his explicit motive]]...This howling nihilist didn’t just need to destroy the Jews. He [[ItsAllAboutMe didn’t care if nobody outlived him]]. [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot In other words, there was no time at which a stiff political or diplomatic resistance, or an as­sas­sination backed by the High Command]], [[DroppedABridgeOnHim or even the toe of an Austrian construction worker’s cleated boot]], might [[ForWantOfANail not have made all the difference]]. Any of these could have [[PrecisionFStrike fucked him]], and the apocalyptic ­horses he rode in on. He was a homicidal maniac in a hurry, and terribly afraid that he might not make it.''

-->-- '''Hitler's ghost''', ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'', "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E106HesAlive He's Alive]]"

->''"If you win, you need not have to explain. If you lose, you should not be there to explain!"''

-> ''"Adolph Hitler was one of the first rock stars."''

->''"He ended up in a ditch covered in petrol and on fire - and that's funny because he was a mass murdering fuckhead."''

-->--At his trial on 24 February 1924.

-->-- To Gen. Gerhard Engel, 1941

-->-- '''Virginia Cowles''', after seeing Hitler at a rally.

-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/DichterAndDenker Philosopher Oswald Spengler]]''', after meeting Hitler in 1933.

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JosephStalin''', upon being informed of Hitler's suicide.