I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removin…

Gertrude Stein
185 citations
I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By driving out the Jews and the democratic and Left element, he is driving out everything that conduces to activity. That means peace ... By suppressing Jews ... he was ending struggle in Germany.
Politics
12

More Author Quotes

There is no there there. ✨ Everybody's Autobiography ch. 4 (1937)
Do not forget birthdays. This is in no way a propaganda for a larger population. ✨ Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten (1957). The Yale Edition of the Unpublished Writings of Gertrude Stein: Alphabets a … ▶
I know what Germans are. They are a funny people. They are always choosing someone to lead them in a direction which they do not want to go. ✨ Gertrude Stein (2013). Wars I Have Seen, p.74, Random Ho … ▶
A FEATHER. A feather is trimmed, it is trimmed by the light and the bug and the post, it is trimmed by little leaning and by all sorts of mounted reserves and loud volumes. It is surely cohesive. ✨ G … ▶
I write for myself and strangers. The strangers, dear Readers, are an afterthought.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes