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    Published Anti-Semitic Quotes from the Rutherford Era

    "The 'Protestant' clergy ... with the rabbis of the Jewish religious organization, follow the lead of the Roman Catholic organization ... all such practice religion, of which the Devil is the author." (Enemies, 1937, p. 212)

    "Today the so-called 'Protestants' and the Yiddish clergy openly co-operate with and play into the hands of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy like foolish simpletons and thereby aid the Hierarchy to carry on her commercial, religious traffic and increase her revenue....and the clergy of the so-called 'Protestant' and Yiddish organizations fall in line do what they are told, and when the 'sackbut' sounds they fall down and worship. (Daniel 3:5) Poor simpletons!" (Enemies, 1937, p. 223; this is as much anti-Catholic as it is anti-Jew)

    "The Roman Catholic Hierarchy has, and for a long while has had, dealings with Big Business or mighty commerce of the world, members of the Hierarchy being large investors in the commercial traffic of the world.. The Roman Catholic Hierarchy has been and is a market for all the world, dealing in and manipulating the people, and particularly the 'Catholic population', and doing this for its own selfish gain...Other religious organizations at present, the Yiddish and Protestants, deal with the Roman Catholic Hierarchy because it appears to them to be to their selfish advantage." (Enemies, 1937, p. 225)

    "The aggressive campaign of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the present time is called by that organization 'Catholic Action' and shows beyond all doubt that the present is considered the time for the old 'harlot' to gain temporal control of the nations of the earth....She dictates to legislative bodies, to the judges of the courts, and to the other political officials of the land....Claiming to be patriotic, she is a traitor to every country under the sun....Amongst her instruments that she uses are ultraselfish men called 'Jews', who look only for personal gain, and who therefore readily yield to and join with the Hierarchy in any unrighteous schemes." (Enemies, 1937, pp. 280-281)

    "When Jesus went to the Jews to tell them of the truth, it was the Jewish clergy, that is to say, the Pharisees and priests, that violently opposed him and caused him to be charged with all manner of crimes and offenses....Although the Pharisees and priests then claimed to represent Jehovah God, Jesus told them that they were in fact the representatives of Satan the Devil. We have no fight with any persons or religious teachers, but we must call attention to the fact that it is generally those who claim to represent God and Christ Jesus who are in fact our persecutors and who misrepresent us before the governments and nations." (Declaration of Facts, sent to Adolf Hitler, 1935 Yearbook, pp. 132-133)

    "It is falsely charged by our enemies that we have received financial support for our work from the Jews. Nothing is farther from the truth. Up to this hour there never has been the slightest bit of money contributed to our work by Jews. We are the faithful followers of Christ Jesus and believe upon Him as the Savior of the world, whereas the Jews entirely reject Jesus Christ and emphatically deny that he is the Savior of the world sent of God for man's good. This of itselr should be sufficient proof to show that we receive no support from Jews and that therefore the charges against us are maliciously false and could proceed only from Satan, our great enemy." (Declaration of Facts, sent to Adolf Hitler, 1935 Yearbook, pp. 134)

    "The greatest and the most oppressive empire on earth is the Anglo-American empire. By that is meant the British Empire, of which the United States of America forms a part. It has been the commercial Jews of the British-American empire that have built up and carried on Big Business as a means of exploiting and oppressing the peoples of many nations. This fact particularly applies to the cities of London and New York, the stronghold of Big Business. This fact is so manifest in America that there is a proverb concerning the city of New York which says: 'The Jews own it, the Irish Catholics rule it, and the Americans pay the bills.' " (Ibid.)

    I notice that Quotes does not have any of the anti-Semitic quotes on his/her website, at least under "Racism". I think the most eggregious of these would make fine contributions to the site.

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