35 Quotes by Hjalmar Schacht

The repeated announcements that the Russian resistance was definitely broken have been proved to be untrue.

The aim and the idea of the Four Year Plan were and remain entirely correct and necessary!

Germany can generally only pay if the Corridor and Upper Silesia will be handed back to Germany from Polish possession, and if besides somewhere on the earth colonial territory will be made available to Germany.

The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting.

Since our economy is closely allied with that of foreign countries, not one of us can be indifferent to what consequences these disturbances can have at home and abroad

I am entirely willing, therefore, to participate in this way in the preparation of the forthcoming order giving effect to the Reich Defense Act.

The Versailles Dictate cannot be an eternal document, because not only its economic, but also its spiritual and moral premises are wrong.

One thing I fear, that you Americans will do the same thing that you did after the last war. I mean that you will pull out of here and leave Europe, then Russia will have her way. Private enterprise and individual rights will be lost just as much as under a Nazi government. Frightful!

Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.