I'm A Sailor, Not A Politician.

I Was Elected To The Diet In The Same Way As At Every Parliamentary Election.

Slaves Who Are Underfed, Diseased, Resentful, Despairing, And Filled With Hate Will Never Yield That Maximum Of Output Which They Might Achieve Under Normal Conditions.

I Became Gauleiter In 1927.

Although As A Sailor I Despised Politics - For I Loved My Sailor's Life And Still Love It Today - Conditions Forced Me To Take Up A Definite Attitude Towards Political Problems.

I Had Repeatedly Made Written Requests To The Fuehrer That I Might Be Allowed To Join The Wehrmacht As An Ordinary Soldier. He Refused To Give Me This Permission.