"Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the……" — 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 of the empires which set out on the path taken earlier by France, Rome and Macedonia. The curtain was rung down on that phase of history, at least, by the sudden invention of the hydrogen bomb, of the ballistic missile and of rockets that can be aimed to hit the moon."
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9 Quotes by William L. Shirer
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Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.
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Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul. Admittedly, a good inner…
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Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful…
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Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles…
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History must speak for itself. A historian is content if he has been able to shed more light.
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Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.
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No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic…
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In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war,…
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When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.
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The work that Christ started but could not finish, I - Adolf Hitler - will conclude.
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All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of…
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