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The term "Nazis" evokes a complex and often chilling chapter in history, representing a regime that left an indelible mark on the world. Rooted in the ideologies of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, the Nazi movement is synonymous with the rise of Adolf Hitler, the horrors of World War II, and the Holocaust. This tag encapsulates themes of power, propaganda, and the devastating consequences of unchecked extremism. People are drawn to quotes about Nazis not only to remember and learn from the past but also to reflect on the resilience of the human spirit in the face of tyranny. These quotes serve as poignant reminders of the importance of vigilance, the dangers of hatred, and the enduring need for compassion and understanding. By exploring these words, individuals can gain insights into the complexities of human nature and the critical lessons history imparts. In a world that continues to grapple with issues of intolerance and division, revisiting the past through these quotes can inspire a commitment to peace and justice, ensuring that the mistakes of history are not repeated.

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Je ne suis pas un nazi. Je suis un Allemand. Ce n'est pas la même chose. Un Allemand est un homme qui arrive à surmonter ses pires préjugés. Un nazi, quelqu'un qui les change en lois.(Hôtel Adlon - If The Dead Rise Not)
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If the Nazis discovered they could push you, they would push you to your death. You had to be too much trouble to make it easy, but not so much they grew tired of you.
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After all, you can't really blame the Waffen S.S. for doing what comes naturally. But a funny thing happened on the way to the moral high ground.
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It's as though all the strings between the almighty and this man were ripped away, and he was left, a discarded marionette lying in the middle of the street. He gazes up at me and his smirk freezes the marrow in my bones. His bones, not mine, belong at Kudamm. It wasn't only Nazis who prohibited the crippled from begging. There have been others repulsed by the gaze of less-than-romantic possibilities of what we are.
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The Nazis have swastika. A cross crying on the sides. (Les nazis ont croix gammée. - Une croix qui pleure sur les côtés.)
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It was not anti-Semitism or socialism or the New Order that first animated the Nazis; their first slogal was, "Break the chains of Versailles.
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My ten friends had been told, not since 1939 but since 1933, that their nation was fighting for its life.
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I fooled myself. I had to. Everybody has to. If the good had been twice as good and the bad only half as bad, I still ought to have see it, all through as I did in the beginning, because I am, as you say, sensitive. But I didn't want to see it, because I would have then had to think about the consequences of seeing it, what followed from seeing it, what I must do to be decent. I wanted my home and family, my job, my career, a place in the community.
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How is this to be avoided, among ordinary men, even highly educated ordinary men? Frankly, I do not know. I do not see, even now. Many, many times since it all happened I have pondered that pair of great maxims, *Principiis obsta* and *Finem respice*—'Resist the beginnings' and 'Consider the end.' But one must foresee the end in order to resist, or even see, the beginnings. One must foresee the end clearly and certainly and how is this to be done, by ordinary men or even by extraordinary men?
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But stinging nettles: They just love existing, don't they? They're bastards. Stinging nettles are the Nazis of the weed world.
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