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title: "32 German People Quotes by 25 authors"
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> [Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilhelm-keitel/consideration-of-any-kind-are-a-crime-against-the-german-people-and/)

[Wilhelm Keitel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilhelm-keitel/)

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> [I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-kaltenbrunner/i-have-loved-my-german-people-and-my-fatherland-with-a-warm-heart/)

[Ernst Kaltenbrunner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-kaltenbrunner/)

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> [The German people have no idea of the extent to which they have to be gulled in order to be led.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-german-people-have-no-idea-of-the-extent-to-which-they-have-to-be/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Hitlers come and go, but Germany and the German people remain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-stalin/hitlers-come-and-go-but-germany-and-the-german-people-remain/)

[Joseph Stalin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-stalin/)

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> [I always thought those World War II films with German people speaking English with German accents was weird.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wagner-moura/i-always-thought-those-world-war-ii-films-with-german-people-speaking/)

[Wagner Moura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wagner-moura/)

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> [The great virtues of the German people have created more evils than idleness ever did vices](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/the-great-virtues-of-the-german-people-have-created-more-evils-than/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-rosenberg/the-german-people-is-not-marked-by-original-sin-but-by-original/)

[Alfred Rosenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-rosenberg/)

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> [It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henning-von-tresckow/it-is-almost-certain-that-we-will-fail-but-how-will-future-history/)

[Henning von Tresckow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henning-von-tresckow/)

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> [German people get very uptight if you mention World War II. Germans today feel that what's past is past, new generations don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-summer/german-people-get-very-uptight-if-you-mention-world-war-ii-germans/)

[Donna Summer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-summer/)

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> [German people are essentially pacifists. Many still remember the experience of World War II. And they may not have seen Saddam Hussein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/german-people-are-essentially-pacifists-many-still-remember-the/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-leslie/a-very-considerable-body-of-the-german-people-live-in-america-and/)

[Shane Leslie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-leslie/)

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> [Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/important-as-economic-unification-is-for-the-recovery-of-germany-and/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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> [Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerd-von-rundstedt/nothing-would-have-been-changed-for-the-german-people-but-my-name/)

[Gerd von Rundstedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerd-von-rundstedt/)

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> [Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-liebknecht/consider-well-this-fact-as-long-as-the-german-people-does-not-arise/)

[Karl Liebknecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-liebknecht/)

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> [Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gertrude-atherton/better-extirpate-the-whole-breed-root-and-branch-and-this-unless-the/)

[Gertrude Atherton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gertrude-atherton/)

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> [Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/today-not-a-numerous-but-an-active-part-of-the-german-people-are/)

[Helmuth James Graf von Moltke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmuth-james-graf-von-moltke/)

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> [By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-ludendorff/by-the-revolution-the-germans-have-made-themselves-pariahs-among-the/)

[Erich Ludendorff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-ludendorff/)

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> [I hope that the German people will never again make the mistake of believing that because the American people are peace-loving, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/i-hope-that-the-german-people-will-never-again-make-the-mistake-of/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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> [The German people of today bear no guilt. Why are the German people not permitted the right to defend themselves? Why are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/the-german-people-of-today-bear-no-guilt-why-are-the-german-people/)

[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahmoud-ahmadinejad/)

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> [I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-mcgovern/i-would-say-that-not-many-german-people-are-still-alive-who/)

[Ray McGovern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-mcgovern/)

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> [Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernhard-von-bulow/since-the-german-people-with-unparalleled-heroism-but-also-at-the/)

[Bernhard von Bulow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernhard-von-bulow/)

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> [I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-sauckel/i-did-that-all-the-more-if-i-may-say-so-because-i-was-aware-of-the/)

[Fritz Sauckel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fritz-sauckel/)

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> [The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-german-people-in-its-whole-character-is-not-warlike-but-rather/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [The German people were not denied, however, the possibility of improving their lot by hard work over the years. Industrial growth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/the-german-people-were-not-denied-however-the-possibility-of/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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> [And also, of course, I knew that the German people, they're one, and would tend to consider themselves as one; and therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-heym/and-also-of-course-i-knew-that-the-german-people-they-re-one-and/)

[Stefan Heym](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-heym/)

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> [The German people are an orderly, vain, deeply sentimental and rather insensitive people. They seem to feel at their best when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells/the-german-people-are-an-orderly-vain-deeply-sentimental-and-rather/)

[H. G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells/)

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> [If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-the-german-people-lay-down-their-arms-the-whole-of-eastern-and/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

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> [It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/it-is-not-in-the-interest-of-the-german-people-or-in-the-interest-of/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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> [The German people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want a war, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-german-people-are-not-a-warlike-nation-it-is-a-soldierly-one/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Germany is a nation that created an enormous amount of suffering on the planet. The German people also themselves have suffered, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/germany-is-a-nation-that-created-an-enormous-amount-of-suffering-on/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [German economic salvation has been brought about solely through the efforts of the German people and the experience they have gained. Countries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/german-economic-salvation-has-been-brought-about-solely-through-the/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

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> [Freedom from militarism will give the German people the opportunity, if they will but seize it, to apply their great energies and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-byrnes/freedom-from-militarism-will-give-the-german-people-the-opportunity/)

[James F. Byrnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-byrnes/)

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## Top authors on German People

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-f-byrnes-46277.jpg) James F. Byrnes 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/german-people/james-f-byrnes/)

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                        "text": "It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful of men had the courage to put an end to that criminal?",
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                        "text": "German people are essentially pacifists. Many still remember the experience of World War II. And they may not have seen Saddam Hussein as evil a person as a lot of other people have.",
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                        "text": "A very considerable body of the German people live in America and propose to fight that Government. Bourke in his great speech last week welcoming the Belgian mission to Boston worked out the President's meaning with care.",
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                        "text": "Consider well this fact: As long as the German people does not arise and use force directed by its own will, the assassination of the people will continue.",
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                        "text": "Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do.",
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                        "text": "Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.",
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                        "text": "By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign capital, and deprived of all self-respect. In twenty years' time, the German people will curse the parties who now boast of having made the Revolution.",
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                        "text": "The German people of today bear no guilt. Why are the German people not permitted the right to defend themselves? Why are the crimes of one group emphasized so greatly, instead of highlighting the great German cultural heritage? Why should the Germans not have the right to express their opinion freely?",
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                        "text": "I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory.",
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