Adolf Hitler quotes from Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003)

Episode I[edit]

Everyone's depressed - bad for the economy but excellent for cabaret. German people don't need democracy, for God's sake, they need music, laughter, someone to tell them what to do so they can get in line and follow.

Ernst Hanfstaengl

Don't tell me you've become a nationalist?

I'm a satirist, Ernst. The most dangerous politician of them all. Speaking of humor, I'm going to hear Hitler tomorrow - would you like to come?

Ernst Hanfstaengl

The anti-Semite?

The National Socialist anti-Semite. Call them "Nazis" just to piss them off. I hear he's fascinating.

Ernst Hanfstaengl

Well, that's very open-minded of you.

You mean for a Jew, yes? I'm not supporting him, for God's sake. I need new material.
Episode II[edit]

Adolf Hitler

The SA are to be bridled, Ernst. They may sing, march, carry flags, but they are to keep calm unless I say otherwise.

We're not a Sunday shooting club, Adolf. We're a militia.

Adolf Hitler

Not anymore. My personal security will now be handled by the SS. Your men give off the wrong impression.

I don't give a damn about impressions, but without the SA, without us, our loyalty...

Adolf Hitler

The wheels of history have turned! The plan has changed.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. [salutes and leaves]

Joseph Goebbels

The opposition papers are implying things about your relationship with your niece.

Adolf Hitler

Trust these Jews to paint everyone as dirty as they are.

Joseph Goebbels

But it's not just them. People in the party are also beginning to object...

Adolf Hitler

She's my niece, for God's sake! We go to the opera together!

That's my job! [Kurt von Schleicher laughs]

Adolf Hitler

I wouldn't laugh, General. Perhaps I'll take your job as well. [to Hindenburg] Herr Reich President, surely you can see I'm a force to be reckoned with? The sooner you appoint me Chancellor, approve my cabinet...

President Paul von Hindenburg

I will never appoint you Chancellor! [stands up] How dare you presume, sir? You're nothing but a Bohemian corporal! If I made you head of this government, how would I answer to God?

Hitler

And how will you answer to Germany if you don't? [pause] Good day, sir.

Gregor Strasser

The Party is much more than you. You say that yourself. As vice-chancellor, block the Communists, increase our popularity.

Adolf Hitler

And how would you deal with traitors?

I'm not a traitor, my Führer.

Hitler

Traitors are defined, Strasser, not by themselves, but by the people they betray! You will refuse Schleicher's offer and you will resign your Party's position, effective immediately.

Adolf Hitler

In order for the government to carry out the necessary procedures against terrorism, Reichstag must support an Enabling Act. This act is your opportunity to hand power over to those who can wield it most effectively. From now on, all legislation will be handled by the Administration, which will have sole right to make constitutional changes. Freedoms of speech, association, and the press are temporarily suspended. Privacy rights in relation to telephone and postal communication are revoked.[the non-Nazi delegates are agitated as someone calls for order] The government assumes the right to intervene in any situation to restore order. The right to draft laws passes from the Reich's President to Chancellor. I offer the Reichstag the chance for peace in Germany!

Never! If you respect our Constitution...

Will the Vice-Chancellor return to his seat!

Adolf Hitler

I will take any refusal as a statement of opposition! Gentlemen, you must decide. Will it be peace, or war? [stunned silence until Goering and gradually everybody sings Deutschland uber Alles]

Adolf Hitler

We were friends once, Ernst; you saw my potential before anyone else; you speak your mind unlike the others; and you love your men more than yourself, which is rare in a leader. But you refuse to bend. Why? You have power.

I don't want power, I want justice. My men were promised...

Adolf Hitler

I don't care. I don't give a damn about promises! You know this!... you know this. Ernst, the SA are not now, nor will they ever be the official German army. You must stand down.

You're right, Adolf. We were friends once; and I will always speak my mind; and I will not betray my men!