Oskar Schindler Quotes

#1. I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more.

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#2. I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.

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#3. I am the conscience of all those who knew something - but did nothing.

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#4. I had to help them. There was no choice.

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#5. Beyond this day, no thinking person could fail to see what would happen.

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#6. Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

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#7. The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.

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#8. We must differentiate between guilt and duty. The soldier on the front, like the common man, who does his duty everywhere, should not be held responsible for the actions of a few who also called themselves Germans.

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#9. He who saves a single soul , saves the world entire

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#10. I thank my personal staff for their restless sacrifice for my work.

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#11. If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?

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#12. I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

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