Nuremberg Quotes

“Here were decent people, bewildered and goaded into a fanatical sadism.”

“We are not trying the German people. We are trying a handful of men.”

“No, I will not be tried by foreigners. I will be judged by the German people!”

“I was a man in a high position, and I carried out the orders that were given to me. It wasn't my business to question them.”

“The indictment is based on a presumption of collective guilt, which is contrary to all principles of law and justice.”

“I take the responsibility for all that I have signed.”

“I have not commanded hurdles to be built over blaming sidewalks, so I am not guilty.”

“The only thing they can prove against me is that I am intelligent.”

“I did my duty. I am here because I did my duty.”

“This is not the trial of a nation. Still less is it a trial of a political party or of a system of government.”