Adolf Hitler vs. Abraham Lincoln
Read 20 entries attributed to Adolf Hitler alongside 20 attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Adolf Hitler alongside 20 attributed to Abraham Lincoln. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: art, justice, books, freedom, life. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Adolf Hitler, entry #1250: "And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know."
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, entry #171: "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disp…"
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Adolf Hitler
1889 – 1945
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 under his leadership marked the outbreak of the Second World War.
"And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know."
#love"Triumph of the Will on facinghistory.org"
#history"There are Germans and Poles in Europe, and they ought to live together in agreement. The Poles cannot think of Europe without the Germans and the Germans can…"
#mind"In my scheme of the German state, there will be no room for the alien, no use for the wastrel, for the usurer or speculator, or anyone incapable of productiv…"
#work"Antisemitism based on purely emotional grounds will always find its ultimate expression in the form of pogroms. A rational antisemitism, however, must lead t…"
#leadership"John Cornwell, Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII, Viking, 1999."
#history"Germany will on her side never break the peace. Germany wishes to be on an honourable footing with the neighbour peoples."
#Human Nature"Our party remains as firm as this rock and will not be divided by any force in Germany."
#art"In a hundred years time, perhaps, a great man will appear who may offer them a chance at salvation. He'll take me as a model, use my ideas, and follow the co…"
#time"Germany has no claims to make against the European nations except to live exactly like the others. ... What we have in mind is a legal order of European nati…"
#justice"Mein Kampf translation at the Mondo Politico Library"
#books"The liberty of the individual ends where it starts to harm the interests of the collective."
#freedom"God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves."
#religion"The Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of St Germain are kept alive by Bolshevism in Germany. The Peace Treaty and Bolshevism are two heads of one monster. …"
#life"Germany has nothing to win in any European war. What we want is freedom and independence. Because of this desire we were ready to conclude pacts of non-aggre…"
#freedom"Because of the lack of productive capacities of its own, the Jewish Folk cannot carry out the construction of a State, viewed in a territorial sense, but as …"
#war"Additionally, on special petition men should be able to enter into a binding martial relationship not only with one woman, but also with another, who would t…"
#family"We want the people to be peace-loving, but also to be courageous."
#courage"This German Volksgemeinschaft is truly practical socialism and therefore National Socialism in the best sense of the word. Here everyone is obligated to carr…"
#writing"National-Socialism came to power in Germany in the same year as Roosevelt was elected President. . . Roosevelt comes from a rich family and belongs to the cl…"
#familyAbraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
"I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the cou…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
#Politics"A stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)"
#Politics"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed…"
#Metaphysics"Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest a…"
#Politics"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
#Politics"I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough t…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to in…"
#Politics"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
#Politics"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called up…"
#Politics"The true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good. There a…"
#truth"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how he could look up into the heavens and s…"
#nature"You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional — I think differently. I think the constitut…"
#justice"In 1848, during his term in Congress, he advocated General Taylor's nomination for the presidency, in opposition to all others, and also took an active part …"
#art"All portions of this confederacy should act in harmony and with careful deliberation. The Democrats cry John Brown invasion. We are guiltless of it, but our …"
#freedom"The best way to predict your future is to create it."
#life"Poetry written by Abraham Lincoln"
#books"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"All this is not the result of accident. It has a philosophical cause. Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even…"
#freedom"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
#books