"The question [now] is how long will [Tiso’s] political convictions and especially his conscience as a priest let him march hand in hand with the National Socialist masters. Naturally, he does not like to do it, but is only compelled by circumstances. He is convinced, or at least he hopes, that if he stays in power then he can protect what he can and that, in putting into effect National Socialist methods, it will not come to extreme consequences. Only later will it be possible to judge if he calculated correctly."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Executed peoplePeople indicted for war crimesPeople of World War IIPoliticians from SlovakiaCatholics from Slovakia
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Giuseppe Burzio, 1940
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jozef_Tiso
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Jozef Tiso
Jozef Gašpar Tiso (13 October 1887 – 18 April 1947) was a Slovak politician and Roman Catholic priest who was president of the Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 1945. In 1947, after the war, he was executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Bratislava.
5 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Jozef Tiso →
Related Quotes
"...We bow to the closest Slav, brother Czech, to apply our sovereignty as a small nation together with him in the com…"
"People ask whether what is being done with the Jews is Christian. Is it human? Is it not robbery? ... I ask is it Chr…"
"Everyone understands that the Holy See cannot stop Hitler. But who can understand that it does not know how to rein i…"
"It is interesting how this little Catholic priest—Tiso—is sending us the Jews!"
"She became most fervent, continually risking her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, was frequently imprisone…"
"Like as the armèd knyght Appoynted to the fielde, With thys world wyll I fyght, And fayth shall be my shielde."
"Christopher Dare...asked me, wherefore I said, I had rather to read five lines in the Bible, than to hear five Masses…"
"John Rogers was educated at Cambridge, and was afterward many years chaplain to the merchant adventurers at Antwerp i…"
"Mr. John Rogers, minister of the gospel in London, was the first martyr in Queen Mary's reign, and was burnt at Smith…"
"Togliatti is an educated, cultured Stalinist. Unfamiliar with Russian conditions and traditions, for several years he…"