"The assertion that it is the intention of the German Reich to coerce the Austrian State is absurd"...
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (January 30, 1934)
"The battle we are now approaching demands a colossal measure of production capacity. No limit on rearmament can be visualized. The only alternatives are victory or destruction... We live in a time when the final battle is in sight. We are ready on the threshold of mobilization and we are already at war. All that is lacking is the actual shooting."
- Reich Marshal Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (1936)
"The forty-eight hours after the march into the Rhineland were the most nerve-racking in my life. If the French had then marched into the Rhineland, we would have had to withdraw with our tails between our legs, for the military resources at our disposal would have been wholly inadequate for even moderate resistance."
- Dr. Paul Schmidt, Hitler's interpreter
"Germany neither intends nor wishes to interfere in the internal affairs of Austria, to annex Austria, or to conclude an Anschluss."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (May 21, 1935)
"I have no further interest in the Czecho-Slovakian State, that is guaranteed. We want no Czechs"...
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (September 26, 1938)
"Germany has concluded a Non-Aggression Pact with Poland... We shall adhere to it unconditionally... we recognize Poland as the home of a great and nationally conscious people."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (May 21, 1935)
"Germany is prepared to agree to any solemn pact of non-aggression, because she does not think of attacking but only acquiring security."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (1933)
"We have concluded a non-aggression pact with Denmark."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (before the conquest of Denmark)
"Germany never had any conflict with the Northern States and has none today."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (before the conquest of Norway)
"Ther German government has further given the assurance to Belgium and Holland that it is prepared to recognize and to guarantee the inviolability and neutrality of these territories."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (1937)
"National Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions. And it wants peace also owing to the realization of the simple primitive fact that no war would be likely essentially to alter the distress in Europe... The principal effect of every war is to destroy the flower of the nation... Germany needs peace and desires peace!"
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (May 21, 1935)
"Germany has solemnly recognized and guaranteed France her frontiers as determined after te Saar plebiscite... We thereby finally renounced all claims to Alsace-Lorraine, a land for which we have fought two great wars."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (May 21, 1935)
"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 enmity that brings far more costs than any possible benefits... It would be a wonderful thing for all of humanity if both peoples would renounce force against each other forever. The German people are ready to make such a pledge."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (October 14, 1933)
"First, we swear to yield to no force whatever in restoration of the honor of our people... Secondly, we pledge that now, more than ever, we shall strive for an understanding between the European peoples, especially for one with our Western neighbor nations... We have no territorial demands to make in Europe!... Germany will never break the peace!"
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator (after Nazi troops had marched in the Rhinelandin 1936)
"The Ruhr will not be subjected to a single bomb. if an enemy bomber reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Hermann Göring: you can call me Meier!"
- Reich Marshal Hermann Göring, Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe (1939)
"There are two possibilities for me: To win through with all my plans, or to fail. If I win, I shall be one of the greatest men in history. If I fail, I shall be condemned, despised and damned."
- Adolf Hitler, Nazi Dictator
