The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.

I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any case, unavoidable. However, you can hardly blame me if the British and the French accepted at Munich every demand I made of them.

If we don't take Maikop and Grozny, then I must put an end to the war.

Victory at Kursk will be a beacon for the whole world.

I am now fifty. I would rather have the war now than when I am fifty-five or sixty.

Whenever I think of this attack, my stomach turns over.