“From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.”

Your time will come to follow me Jew

Repentance is for little children.

I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.

Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.

I never did anything, great or small, without obtaining in advance express instructions from Adolf Hitler or any of my superiors.

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn’t escape left or right because of the will of the driver.

My political sentiments inclined toward the left and emphasized the socialist aspects every bit as much as nationalist ones.

To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one’s own need to think.

For there is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.

We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.

The way we obey teaches us much about who we really trust.

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple… It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.

When obedience to God contradicts what I think will give me pleasure, let me ask myself if I love Him.

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.