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.

I would be able to defend my actions, no matter what [evidence] they had on me.

The Americans are good about making fancy cars and refrigerators, but that doesn't mean they are any good at making aircraft. They are bluffing. They are excellent at bluffing.

No enemy bomber can reach the Ruhr. If one reaches the Ruhr, my name is not Goering. You may call me Meyer.

There is hardly any politically minded man who acknowledges and agrees with every point of the program of a political party.

Naturally the common people don't want war. . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along. . .

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