Ruthlessness Quotes

Many mistakes have been made. Be ruthless. Life never forgives weakness. This so-called humanity is just priests’ drivel. Compassion is a primal sin. Compassion for the weak is a betrayal of nature.

I have always obeyed this law of nature by never permitting myself to feel compassion. I have ruthlessly suppressed domestic opposition and brutally crushed the resistance of alien races. It’s the only way to deal with it.

If the war is lost, it’s immaterial if the people perish too. It is not necessary to consider the German people’s primitive survival needs. On the contrary, it is better to destroy those things ourselves. They have proved themselves too weak and it is a law of nature that they will be exterminated.[to Speer]

If my own people fail this test, I will shed not one tear for them. They deserve nothing else. It’s their own destiny. They themselves are to blame.[to Speer]

I’m aware what tremendous feats human beings are capable of once they abandon dignity.

I feel no sympathy. I repeat, I feel no sympathy! The German people chose their fate. That may surprise some people. Don’t fool yourself. We didn’t force the German people. They gave us the mandate. And now their little throats are being cut.[to Mohnke]