German War Criminal

Famous quotes containing the words german, war and/or criminal:

    The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Armageddon. The slaughter of humanity. An atomic war no one wanted, but which no one had the wisdom to avoid.
    Edward L. Bernds (b. 1911)

    The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)