Paul von Hindenburg Quotes

Germany, Statesman
October 2, 1847 – August, 2, 1934.

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known generally as Paul von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934), was a Generalfeldmarschall and statesman who commanded the German military during the second half of World War I before later being elected President of the Weimar Republic in 1925. He played a key role in the Nazi "Seizure of Power" in January 1933 when, under pressure, he appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor of a "Government of National Concentration", even though the Nazis were a minority in cabinet and the Reichstag.

In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Army
It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis.

Paul von Hindenburg
- People

In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Great
- Book
- War
All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Fighting
- Fire
- Enemy
It does not seem to me to be sufficiently recognized everywhere among the officials that the existence or non-existence of our people and Empire is at stake.

Paul von Hindenburg
- People
However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Obstacles
In the Great War ledger, the page on which the Russian losses were written has been torn out. No one knows the figure. Five or eight Million?

Paul von Hindenburg
- Great
- War
I also believed that our public at home would be strong enough to survive even the present crisis.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Home
- Strong
- Present

I have always been a Monarchist. In sentiment I still am. Now it is too late for me to change. But it is not for me to say that the new way is not the better way, the right way. So it may prove to be.

Paul von Hindenburg
- May
I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too.

Paul von Hindenburg
- Mind
- Serious