“I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.”
To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
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German Nazi leader convicted of crimes against humanity in … 1907–1974Related quotes
“My enemy said to me, "Love your enemy." And I obeyed him and loved myself.”
Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran
Paraphrasing of Gibran's quote "My enemy said to me, 'Love your enemy.' And I obeyed him and loved myself."
Variant: And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.
Source: misattributed on these websites: GaiamLife (blog) http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/authors/kahlil-gibran?page=3 & Quote Corner - Khalil Gibran quotes Part 1 http://quotecorner.com/Khalil-Gibran-quotes.html
After Lord Rayleigh's praise of Tesla at the Royal Institution, London, 1892
My Inventions (1919)
On the Civil Rights Movement puncturing the image of the American Dream in https://www.theartnewspaper.com/interview/faith-ringgold-discusses-civil-rights-and-children-s-books-ahead-of-solo-serpentine-gallery-show in The Art Newspaper (2019 Jun 5)
“I ask no one who may read this book to accept my views. I ask him to think for himself.”
Source: Social Problems (1883), Ch. 21 : Conclusion
Context: I ask no one who may read this book to accept my views. I ask him to think for himself.
Whoever, laying aside prejudice and self-interest, will honestly and carefully make up his own mind as to the causes and the cure of the social evils that are so apparent, does, in that, the most important thing in his power toward their removal. This primary obligation devolves upon us individually, as citizens and as men. Whatever else we may be able to do, this must come first. For "if the blind lead the blind, they both shall fall into the ditch."
Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas. Until there be correct thought, there cannot be right action; and when there is correct thought, right action will follow. Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
“I did not know him, I knew my idea
of him.”
Source: Stag's Leap: Poems
Brief biography http://www.avanta.net/writings/biography/biography.html at Avanta.net (1999)
