- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved -indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be brushed aside as trivial exceptions.
- Martin Niemoller: Churchill sees Germany as a whole. He is afraid that a bomb traced to England would mean invasion, or worse.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Invasion? Invasion? My country was invaded, from within!
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: If a driver were running over children, wouldn't it be everyone's responsibility to stop him?
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer: I guess sometimes the only way to defeat the Father of Lies is to lie better than he does.