Thinker Comparison

Adolf Hitler vs. George W. Bush

Read 20 entries attributed to Adolf Hitler alongside 20 attributed to George W. Bush. Compare the wording and topic labels.

Recorded influence link: George W. Bush → Adolf Hitler

This page places 20 entries attributed to Adolf Hitler alongside 20 attributed to George W. Bush. 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: freedom, mind, time, justice, hope, religion. 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 George W. Bush, entry #54811: "I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."

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Adolf Hitler

1889 – 1945

Politics
German Reich
193 quotes

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

"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

"If freedom is short of weapons, we must compensate with willpower."

#freedom

"You will never learn what I am thinking. And those who boast most loudly that they know my thought, to such people I lie even more."

#mind

"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

"Truly, this earth is a trophy cup for the industrious man. And this rightly so, in the service of natural selection. He who does not possess the force to sec…"

#nature

"Mein Kampf translation at the Mondo Politico Library"

#books

"We are rearming, but do not dream of attacking other nations, providing they leave us alone. ... We have given Central Europe a great fortune—namely, peace, …"

#hope

"And justice is on the side of those nations that fight for their threatened existence. And this struggle for existence will spur these nations on to the most…"

#justice

"God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves."

#religion

"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

"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

"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

"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

"Atatürk was the first to show that it is possible to mobilize and regenerate the resources that a country has lost. In this respect Atatürk was a teacher; Mu…"

#education

"Churchill is the very type of a corrupt journalist. There's not a worse prostitute in politics. He himself has written that it's unimaginable what can be don…"

#books

"Everyone was at one time a Social Democrat."

#time

"The liberty of the individual ends where it starts to harm the interests of the collective."

#freedom

"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…"

#family
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George W. Bush

1824 – 1900

Politics
United States
702 quotes

George Walker Bush is an American politician, businessman, and former U.S. Air Force officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H.

"I thought the Iraqis were Muslims."

#mind

"I'm for an immigration policy that's welcoming."

#politics

"This is something the world should know about. Some have tried to pose a choice between American ideals and American interests — between who we are and how w…"

#freedom

"Secondly, you are blessed to live in the greatest Nation – ever. Here you can strive and succeed as far as you dare to dream. It says something about our cou…"

#hope

"We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbour them."

#fear

"No device of man can remove the tragedy from war, yet it is a great advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent."

#war

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or he…"

#time

"I understand not everybody agrees with the decisions I've made, but that's not unique to Central or South America. Truth of the matter is, there's people who…"

#truth

"Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan or blo…"

#war

"Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use…"

#justice

"America has never been united by blood or birth or soil. We are bound by ideals that move us beyond our backgrounds, lift us above our interests and teach us…"

#ethics

"Iraq's talented people, rich culture, and tremendous potential have been hijacked by Saddam Hussein. His brutal regime has reduced a country with a long and …"

#art

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended."

#freedom

"Jazz, often called America's classical music, so influenced our culture that Americans named a decade after it. Like the country of its birth, jazz blends ma…"

#justice

"You have lifted a shadow of fear for many families. God bless you and may God bless the victims."

#religion

"My call tonight is for every American to commit at least two years — 4,000 hours over the rest of your lifetime, to the service of your neighbors and your na…"

#time

"The state can do what they want to do. Don't try to trap me in this state's issue like you're trying to get me into."

#politics

"These sources of strength are also in the faith that sustains so many of us. Across the town of Blacksburg and in towns all across America, houses of worship…"

#religion

"The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I've directed the full resources for our intelligence and law enforcement communities to fin…"

#justice

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."

#mind
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