I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the fatherland before me. I follow now my sons - all for Germany.

I believe German soldiers are good and decent, and if they did anything wrong it was because of military necessity.

If I had known it I would have told my son, I'd rather shoot you than let you join the SS. But I didn't know.

This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention.

It isn't right to be obedient only when things go well; it is much harder to be a good, obedient soldier when things go badly and times are hard. Obedience and faith at such time is a virtue.

Death by hanging. That, at least, I thought I would be spared.

The troops are therefore empowered and are in duty bound in this war to use without mitigation even against women and children any means that will lead to success.

I am a soldier and I worked for the kaiser, under Ebert, Hindenburg, and Hitler, all the same way, for the past 44 years.

No matter what Hitler said, he spoke with a fine feeling for the particular circle which he addressed. ... He was a great psychologist.

A field marshal who issued orders to the armed forces but had no idea of the results they would have in practice.

Hitler gave us orders - and we believed in him. Then he commits suicide and leaves us to bear the guilt. He should have remained alive to bear his share.

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

Jesus let the disciples know that they were striving in the wrong direction. They were trying to climb up a ladder that they instead should be climbing down.

My wife and I have many arguments but she only wins half of them. My mother-in-law wins the other half.

I believe that American engagement, through our embassy, our businesses, and most of all through our people, is the best way to advance our interests and support for democracy and human rights.

The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist.

Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.

Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.