GERMANY

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1. Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this country is his saying,—"Providence has given to the French the empire of the land; to the English that of the sea; to the Germans that of—the air!"—CARLYLE, Richter
   

2. Even in Germany itself there are millions who stand aloof from the seething mass of criminality and corruption constituted by the Nazi Party machine. Let them take courage amid perplexities and perils, for it may well be that the final extinction of a baleful domination will pave the way to a broader solidarity of all the men in all the lands than we could ever have planned if we had not marched together through the fire.—WINSTON CHURCHILL, Blood, Sweat & Tears
   

3. On my left sat a scientist's wife who showed equal freedom. She said, "German universities are about to be ruined. Half their professors would migrate to the United States if it were possible to get positions." I felt keenly for her and her husband, one of the foremost authorities in his field in Europe. This sort of talk comes to us almost every week.—WILLIAM E. DODD, Diary
   

4. [German] women send their only sons of fifteen to fight, and no mourning is worn and it is etiquette to congratulate a family who has lost a son on the battlefield.—JAMES W. GERARD, to Colonel E. M. House, Berlin, Nov. 1914

5. O Lord, thou seest that we have become different, that the German nation is no more a nation without honor, a nation covered with shame, a nation at war within itself, a nation of little courage, a nation of little faith. No, Lord, the German nation is strong again in its own will, strong in perseverance and strong to make every sacrifice. Lord, we will not let thee go! Bless our fight for our freedom, and bless our German people and fatherland.—ADOLF HITLER, May I, 1933
   

6. Our love of peace is perhaps greater than that of other nations, for we suffered most from this unhappy war. No one of us has the intention of threatening anybody.—ADOLF HITLER, May 21, 1935
   

7. Today there is no more class struggle in Germany, for there is no longer any one left here who is in a position to lead it . . . There may perhaps be an odd person or so wandering round with such ideas in his head and hoping for "better times"—which would in reality be worse times—when he will once more be in a position to mobilize this instinct. But let such people make no mistake—we have the power to prevent such a happening.—ADOLF HITLER, Oct. 6, 1935
   

8. Wherever Germany extends her sway, she ruins culture.—NIETZSCHE, Ecce Homo
   

9. The only way to treat a Prussian is to step on his toes until he apologizes.—Austrian Proverb, John Gunther: Inside Europe
   

10. The situation in Germany is serious but not hopeless; the situation
    in Austria is hopeless but not serious.—Viennese Saying,John Gunther: Inside Europe