--- title: "1 Rubble Quotes By William L. Shirer" description: "1 Rubble quotes by William L. Shirer. Plus more from William L. Shirer and more Rubble sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/william-l-shirer-14635_america_until-we-go-through-it-ourselves-until-o_3194779.jpg" --- > [Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the buildings collapse overhead and burst into flames, and dead bodies hurtle about and, when it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/until-we-go-through-it-ourselves-until-our-people-cower-in-the/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/william-l-shirer-14635_america_until-we-go-through-it-ourselves-until-o_3194779.jpg) ## More by William L. Shirer > [“moment of declaration of war, if there”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/moment-of-declaration-of-war-if-there/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“This crude, cowardly bargain seems not to have unduly bothered Hitler. If Mussolini was personally attracted to him, as Ciano said, by “something deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/this-crude-cowardly-bargain-seems-not-to-have-unduly-bothered-hitler/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“The confused locksmith Drexler provided the kernel, the drunken poet Eckart some of the “spiritual” foundation, the economic crank Feder what passed as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-confused-locksmith-drexler-provided-the-kernel-the-drunken-poet/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/chamberlain-s-stubborn-fanatical-insistence-on-giving-hitler-what-he/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/in-our-new-age-of-terrifying-lethal-gadgets-which-supplanted-so/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“And though the very name of the Nazi Party proclaimed it as “socialist,” Hitler was even more vague on the kind of “socialism” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/and-though-the-very-name-of-the-nazi-party-proclaimed-it-as-socialist/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“The disillusion among the rank-and-file Nazis, especially among the S.A. storm troopers, who formed the large core of Hitler’s mass movement, was great. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-disillusion-among-the-rank-and-file-nazis-especially-among-the-s/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. 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Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/adolf-hitler-is-probably-the-last-of-the-great-adventurer-conquerors/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“One of the appalling aberrations of the German officer corps from this point on rose out of this conflict of “honor”—a word which, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/one-of-the-appalling-aberrations-of-the-german-officer-corps-from/) [William L. 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Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) > [“The consequences of committing high treason, if you were a man of the extreme Right, were not unduly heavy, despite the law, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-consequences-of-committing-high-treason-if-you-were-a-man-of-the/) [William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rubble/william-l-shirer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Rubble Quotes By William L. 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