Golo Mann

"“We cannot have another world war. War is the wrong word. We should ban the term ‘World War III’ and say instead apocalypse or holocaust.”"

"Closest to the truth are those who deal lightly with it because they know it is inexhaustible."

"Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him."

"Daß das ganze »Dritte Reich« eine schändlich dumme Episode der deutschen Geschichte war, keineswegs aus Früherem notwendig sich ergebend, zusammengeflossen aus einer Kette von Zufällen, Irrtümern, vermeidlichen Stümpereien, genau dies war auch immer meine Ansicht."