Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs.

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.

I would have let you shoot me without further ado! But it is not possible to hang the German Reichsmarschall! I cannot permit this. ... I have no moral obligation to submit to the justice of my enemies. I have therefore chosen the manner of death of the great Hannibal.

Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.

If people say that here and there someone has been taken away and maltreated, I can only reply: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.

We have no butter... but I ask you, would you rather have butter or guns? Preparedness makes us powerful. Butter merely makes us fat.

My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?