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"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning!"

Hermann Goering, German Criminal

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"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning!"

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"Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat."

"Shoot first and ask questions later, and don't worry, no matter what happens, I will protect you."

"I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... a total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence."

"Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?"

"Education is dangerous - every educated person is a future enemy."

"Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my Browning!"

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