Guess who said this…

From: Andrew Johnson

Date: 2006-03-06 15:19:31

By the most brutal methods of terrorism, a regime sought to maintain an  existence that was condemned by the overwhelming majority of its people…I  have tried to persuade the responsible authorities that it is impossible for  a great nation, because it is unworthy of it, to stand by and watch millions  belonging to a great, an ancient civilized people be denied rights by their  government… I have endeavoured to find some way to alleviate a tragic  fate. One agreement was signed only to be broken. I then tried a second time  to bring about an understanding. A few weeks later, we were forced to the  conclusion that the government [of Austria] had no intention of carrying out  this agreement in the spirit that had inspired it, but in order to create an  excuse. I have determined, therefore, to place the help of our country at  the service of these millions. Since this morning, our soldiers are on the  march across all of Austria’s frontiers. – Adolf Hitler, proclamation to  the German people, 12 March 1938, justifying the German invasion of Austria  (originally printed in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Monitor,  April 2003 www.swt.org/share/an…)   “We have no interest in oppressing other people. We are not moved by hatred  against any other nation. We bear no grudge. I know how grave a thing war  is. I wanted to spare our people such an evil. It is not so much the country  [of Czechoslovakia]; it is rather its leader [Dr. Edward Benes]. He has led  a reign of terror. He has hurled countless people into the profoundest  misery. Through his continuous terrorism, he has succeeded in reducing  millions of his people to silence. The Czech maintenance of a tremendous  military arsenal can only be regarded as a focus of danger. We have  displayed a truly unexampled patience, but I am no longer willing to remain  inactive while this madman ill-treats millions of human beings.” – Adolf  Hitler, 14 April 1939, justifying the German invasion of Czechoslovakia, at  the Sportpalast in Berlin (originally printed in the Canadian Centre for  Policy Alternatives Monitor, April 2003  http://www.swt.org/share/ancientciv.htm)   “The wave of appalling terrorism against the [minority] inhabitants of  Poland, and the atrocities that have been taking place in that country are  terrible for the victims, but intolerable for a Great Power which has been  expected to remain a passive onlooker. We will not continue to tolerate the  persecution of the minority, the killing of many, and their forcible removal  under the most cruel conditions. I see no way by which I can induce the  government of Poland to adopt a peaceful solution. But I should despair of  any honourable future for my own people if we were not, in one way or  another, to solve this question.” – Adolf Hitler, August 23, 1939,  justifying the German invasion of Poland, from letters sent to the UK and  French governments in response to their communications condemning the  invasion of Poland (originally printed in the Canadian Centre for Policy  Alternatives Monitor, April 2003 www.swt.org/share/an…)    

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