I Was Member Of The Diet As

Although As A Sailor I Despised Politics - For I Loved My Sailor's Life And Still Love It Today - Conditions Forced Me To Take Up A Definite Attitude Towards Political Problems.

One Day I Heard A Speech Of Hitler. In This Speech He Said That The German Factory Worker And The German Labourer Must Make Common Cause With The German Intellectual Worker.

I Had Repeatedly Made Written Requests To The Fuehrer That I Might Be Allowed To Join The Wehrmacht As An Ordinary Soldier. He Refused To Give Me This Permission.

I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.

Slaves Who Are Underfed, Diseased, Resentful, Despairing, And Filled With Hate Will Never Yield That Maximum Of Output Which They Might Achieve Under Normal Conditions.