Quotes by Goering, Hermann




Hermann Wilhelm Goering (January 12, 1893 October 15, 1946) was an early member of the Nazi party, founder of the Gestapo, and one of the main leaders of Nazi Germany. He was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946 and sentenced to death, but he avoided execution by committing suicide in his cell, a few hours before the sentence was to be carried out..

"Our movement took a grip on cowardly Marxism and from it extracted the meaning of socialism. It also took from the cowardly middle-class parties their nationalism. Throwing both into the cauldron of our way of life there emerged, as clear as a crystal, the synthesis -- German National Socialism."

Goering, Hermann on fascism    Share


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

Goering, Hermann on arms race    Share

"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver."

Goering, Hermann on culture    Share

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