Thinker Comparison

George W. Bush vs. Adolf Hitler

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

Recorded influence link: George W. Bush → Adolf Hitler

This page places 20 entries attributed to George W. Bush alongside 20 attributed to Adolf Hitler. 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: mind, freedom, time, leadership, war, art, justice, religion. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.

Attributed to George W. Bush, entry #8298: "After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers."

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."

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George W. Bush

1824 – 1900

Politics
United States
701 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.

"After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers."

#humor

"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

"Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people's hope for freedom."

#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

"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

"Thank you. Thank you very much. President Turner, thanks. Members of the Board of Trustees, Provost Ludden, faculty, staff, distinguished guests, parents, an…"

#leadership

"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

"My address to Congress comes on Tuesday night at 9:00 o'clock Eastern Time. I hope you'll tune in and consider what I have to say. I hope you'll agree that m…"

#time

"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

"It's going to be the year of the sharp elbow and the quick tongue."

#time

"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

"In the defense of our nation, a president must be a clear-eyed realist. There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not s…"

#power

"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

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

#mind
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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

"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…"

#family
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