German Quotes

652 quotes by 480 authors

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd. — Pope Benedict XVI
A German is someone who cannot tell a lie without believing it himself. — Theodor Adorno
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. — Otto von Bismarck
The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of… — William Jennings Bryan
When I'm in England, I know I'm a visitor, but being a white man in England with ancestry that's German and Italian, I have a… — Nicolas Cage
More particularly, having a largely German-oriented education has made me very responsive to 19th-century German literature. — John le Carre
I taught principally German language and literature at Eton. But any master with private pupils must be prepared to teach anything they ask for. That… — John le Carre
I received a letter just before I left office from a man. I don't know why he chose to write it, but I'm glad he… — Ronald Reagan
Oh great, socks. You know I'm dying for your sins right? Yeah, but thanks for the socks! They'll go great with my sandals. What am… — Jim Gaffigan
The statement that 'God is dead' comes from Nietzsche and has recently been trumpeted abroad by some German and American theologians. But the good Lord… — Karl Barth
I say that they can be solved; there is no problem that cannot be, but faith is necessary. Think of the faith I had to… — Adolf Hitler
As Fuehrer of the German people and Chancellor of the Reich, I can thank God at this moment that he has so wonderfully blessed us… — Adolf Hitler
It is eastwards, only and always eastwards, that the veins of our race must expand. It is the direction which Nature herself has decreed for… — Adolf Hitler
This pride of race is a quality which the German, fundamentally, does not possess. The reason for this is that for these last three centuries… — Adolf Hitler
The universalists, the idealists, the Utopians all aim too high. They give promises of an unattainable paradise, and by doing so they deceive mankind. Whatever… — Adolf Hitler
The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the… — George C. Marshall
Adolf Galland said that the day we took our fighters off the bombers and put them against the German fighters, that is, went from defensive… — Jimmy Doolittle
The East knew and to the present day knows only that One is Free; the Greek and the Roman world, that some are free; the… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I speak in the name of the entire German people when I assure the world that we all share the honest wish to eliminate the… — Adolf Hitler
The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd! — Adolf Hitler

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