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Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.

— Hjalmar Schacht Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal (1947)

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It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life.

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The Jews must realize that their influence in Germany has disappeared for all time. We wish to keep our people and our culture pure and distinctive, just as the Jews have always demanded this of themselves.

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