We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.

So the Christian, too, belongs not in the seclusion of a cloistered life but in the thick of foes. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. On the cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. At the end all his disciples deserted him. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. There is no way to peace along the way to safety. I will have no right to participate in the reconstruction of Christian life in Germany after the war if I do not share the trials of this time with my people. I must live through this difficult period in our national history with the people of Germany. I have come to the conclusion that I made a mistake in coming to America. Here are 11 quotes often attributed to Bonhoeffer to remember his radical legacy: On returning to Nazi Germany: When he died he famously remarked to another prisoner, 'This is the end - but for me, the beginning.'

The German pastor was executed by the Nazi regime at Flossenbürg concentration camp on April 9, 1945, just two weeks before the United States liberated the camp.

Christian quotes on conflict