Normally the great men that we admire from a distance lose their magic when one knows them well. With Hitler the opposite is true.

- Rudolf Hess

How often has Hitler said to me: 'I know that my decision or action is correct. I cannot explain at the moment why, but I feel that it is right and t…

- Rudolf Hess

Hitler's strength as a leader is that he almost always works through the power of his persuasion; rarely does he command.

- Rudolf Hess

The dogmatist will listen to everyone's opinion, and then affirm to himself his godliness.

- Rudolf Hess

Certainly, I signed a statement that I killed two and a half million Jews. But I could just as well have said that it was five million Jews. There ar…

- Rudolf Hess

I hope that the outside world will realise that Hitler's government has no idea of steering towards war, even though this has often been asserted abr…

- Rudolf Hess

We all believe we have found the finest of diktat that applies our perfect future, but do we believe the world needs referees.

- Rudolf Hess

My coming to England in this way is, as I realize, so unusual that nobody will easily understand it. I was confronted by a very hard decision. I do n…

- Rudolf Hess

History is not ended. It will sooner or later take up the threads apparently broken off forever and knit them together in a new pattern.

- Rudolf Hess