Hanfstaengl Ernst Quotes & Sayings

A good leader needs to stand behind his or her followers as often as he or she needs to stand in front of them. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

The German Air Force was not sufficient to protect the sea crossing on its own. While the leading part of the forces might have landed, there was the danger that they might be cut off from supplies and reinforcements. — Gerd Von Rundstedt

The Jews who already have been ousted were put out because they were morally and politically unfit to safeguard German interests. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Most of the people near Hitler were mental breast-stroke swimmers. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Hitler wanted to hear all about the American skyscrapers ... but failed utterly to draw logical conclusions from the information ... He was passionately interested in the Ku Klux Klan ... He seemed to think it was a political movement similar to his own. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

In the last 14 years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it has grossly misused morally, financially and politically in an unheard-of manner, with the result that the German people crumbled morally, financially, and politically. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Schopenhauer had been Hitler's philosophical god in the early days. In power it was Nietzsche. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Hitler's historical hero had always been Frederick the Great. [Later], under Goebbels' prompting ... Napoleon emerged ... as his model ... Frederick the Great was a man who knew when to stop [and] Napoleon did not. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Things look especially bleak for common killers such as diabetes and heart disease. Those ailments clearly have a genetic component. But when scientists survey genes looking for which mutations patients have in common, they come up empty. — Sam Kean

The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary. — Rouben Mamoulian

I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with their parents listening to Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin, I never knew they existed until I was able to listen to what I wanted to. — Rahki

Shall I tell you a bedtime story? — Steven King

Depending on the strength of the relationship, level of communication and one's tolerance for discord, many people are able to get past normal skirmishes unscathed. — Carlos Wallace

I have also come to understand that although some people are naturally happier than others, their happiness is still vulnerable and incomplete, and that achieving durable happiness as a way of being is a skill. It requires sustained effort in training the mind and developing a set of human qualities, such as inner peace, mindfulness, and altruistic love. — Matthieu Ricard

Jesus is moved to happiness every time He sees that you appreciate what He has done for you. Grip His pierced hand and say to Him, 'I thank Thee, Saviour, because Thou has died for me.' Thank Him likewise for all the other blessings He has showered upon you from day to day. It brings joy to Jesus. — Ole Hallesby

With Hitler it was all floating, without roots, intangible and mediumistic. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

If it is not the fashion now, it will be later because I wear it. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Anti-Semitism is not based on strictly religious grounds and is not directed against the Jewish faith as such. However, all German Christians resent and denounce the fact that the Jews have been the chief advocates of atheism. They have influenced the workers' children through the Communist youth organizations, of which they are the leading spirit ... — Ernst Hanfstaengl

Hitler's mind was a deep-running river. You could never tell when something it had absorbed would bob to the surface again. — Ernst Hanfstaengl

As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes. — Edward Gardner

It is probably not true to say that there was a physical homosexual relationship between [Rudolf Hess and Hitler] but the attraction was there. — Ernst Hanfstaengl