Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.

My coming to England in this way is, as I realize, so unusual that nobody will easily understand it. I was confronted by a very hard decision. I do not think I could have arrived at my final choice unless I had continually kept before my eyes the vision of an endless line of children's coffins with weeping mothers behind them, both English and German, and another line of coffins of mothers with mourning children.

Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command.

We all believe we have found the finest of diktat that applies our perfect future, but do we believe the world needs referees.

I hope that the outside world will realise that Hitler's government has no idea of steering towards war, even though this has often been asserted abroad. As Adolf Hitler himself has said, Germany has no need of another war to avenge the loss of her military honour, because she never lost that honour. Germany does not want war of any kind. Germany wants real and abiding peace.

Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.

How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and the future will prove it so'.