In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Ad… - Baldur von Schirach

If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.

Some of the defendants say that dictatorship can be good if there is a good dictator. But I say that a man cannot stay good if he becomes a dictator. Authoritarianism is a system that destroys man's morality. If you take a saint and give him power, he will change into a Hitler or a devil.

He who serves our Führer, Adolf Hitler, serves Germany, and he who serves Germany, serves God.