Dorothy Thompson Quotes
He is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones. He is inconsequent and voluble, ill poised and insecure. He is the very prototype of the Little Man. … His movements are awkward. There is in his face no trace of any inner conflict or self-discipline. And yet, he is not without a certain charm. But it is the soft almost feminine charm of the Austrian! When he talks it is with a broad Austrian dialect. The eyes alone are notable. Dark gray and hyperthyroidic, they have the peculiar shine which often distinguishes geniuses, alcoholics, and hysterics.
This is a very interesting historical description of the man who would destroy much of the world. It is a woman’s viewpoint as Thompson was one of the very few female foreign correspondents and writers. It was also early in Hitler’s career where it was unknown how he would impact Germany, Europe or the World.
Dorothy Thompson, 1894-1961, Journalist & Pacifist, Description of Adolf Hitler, "I Saw Hitler!", Cosmopolitan. 1931
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910
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Dorothy Celene Thompson was an American journalist and radio broadcaster. She was the first American journalist to be expelled from Nazi Germany in 1934 and was one of the few women news commentators on radio during the 1930s. Thompson is regarded by some as the "First Lady of American Journalism" and was recognized by Time magazine in 1939 as equal in influence to Eleanor Roosevelt.
