Only thus shall we win the living space that we need.

How important the expansion of our people's living space (Lebensraum)...to permanently secure their food supplies.

I have assured him... that once this problem is solved... I shall take no further interest in the Czech state... We don't want any Czechs!

The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.

Our strength is our quickness and our brutality. Genghis Khan led millions of women and children to slaughter... History sees in him solely the founder of a state... What weak Western European civilization thinks about me is of no consequence.

There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.