Characteristics Quote by Erich von Manstein

Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command.

— Rudolf Hess

When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom.

— Frederick Lenz

“He must have courage, not the physical courage required on a battlefield but the moral courage to make and carry out decisions that might…

— Alistair MacLean

“It is one of the great examples,” as Friedrich Meinecke, the eminent German historian, said, “of the singular and incalculable power of personality in…

— William L. Shirer

A leader may symbolize and express what is best in people, like Pericles, or what is worst, like Hitler, but he cannot successfully express…

— Charles Yost

“It was thus that in 1940 [Hitler] represented a wave of the future. His greatest reactionary opponent, Churchill, was like King Canute, attempting to…

— John Lukacs

In the beginning [Hitler] was genial and pleasant. He would have extraordinary willpower and unheard-of influence on people.

— Hermann Goring

“he described Hitler as ‘a man of gigantic personality who, however, in the end assumed infernal powers’.”

— Ann Tusa

“May God bless and keep all soldiers, young and old, and may that same God open the eyes of all political leaders to the…

— Harold G. Moore

Hitler had the willpower of a demon and he needed it. If he didn't have such a strong willpower he couldn't have achieved anything.…

— Hermann Goring

“Hitler knew nothing about his enemies and even refused to use the information that was available to him. Instead, he trusted his inspirations, no…

— Albert Speer

Hitler's success was not based on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness…

— Pat Buchanan