Oskar Schindler Quotes

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.

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

I had to help them. There was no choice.

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

He who saves a single soul , saves the world entire

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.

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

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

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

The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.