Hermann Goering Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"I joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense."

by:	Hermann Goering (1893-1946) Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, President of the Reichstag, Prime Minister of Prussia and, as Hitler's designated successor, the second man in the Third Reich. [G�ring]
Date:	1936
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Categories:	Morals, Politics, Revolution, Socialism, War, Nazi, Fascism
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Reader comments about this quote:

PeTA leaps into thought. I can hear Hillary Clinton saying this. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
In other words, to join a party for the sole purpose of putting oneself in power -- that's all. -- E Archer, NYC 1
Being a revolutionary is an ideological position. -- EGL, LA
right on EGL. -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
-- FA, Spring Garden, Pa
stravegant -- elli, sandy
Revolutionaries are not necessarily ideological. It's more a matter of why they are revolutionaries in the first place. -- Anonymous, Alsfeld
There's nothing revolutionary about war, murder, and violence. Explanations, dreams, and elequence is revolutionary. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
A very sad cmmentary on the state of being. The more things change, the more they stay the same (today's revolutionaries are no different — just seeking any cause that they may rationalize their revolution). -- Mike,, Norwalk 1