Adolf Hitler Quotes


The Government will regard as its first and foremost duty to revive the spirit of unity and cooperation in the nation and to preserve and defend its basic principles of Christianity as the foundation of our national morality, and the family as the basis of national life.


Context

This quotation is often given to illustrate that what politicians say and what they do can be diametrically opposite. Here, when Hitler’s government came to power, he issued this proclamation that would be regarded as the foundation of morality by modern Evangelical Christians. And yet he implemented one of the most anti-Christian and anti-family regimes in world history—the furthest thing from Christian morality that could be conceived.


Citations

Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Fuhrer of the Third German Reich, New World Order Proclamation, Berlin, February 1, 1933

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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
  • Born: April 20, 1889
  • Died: April 30, 1945
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Politician

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about 6 million Jews and millions of other victims.