From which speech or written work does the quote "Words build bridges into unexplored regions" originate?

Question

I cannot find from where this quote that is attributed to Adolf Hitler originated? Is this a "hoax"? Thank you in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Something seems amiss as the "source" is at best dubious. It just does not exist in literature of the 20th century.

But my first source is not know for such?

My guess is that Bullock may have read it it German, the someone else "translated' it back to German. The text is not footnoted and thus gets a "C-" from me. But a 1964 bestseller is a likley "source"


Hitler: a study in tyranny
by Alan Bullock - 1991 - 512 pages 1964 book
Words,' he once said, ‘build bridges into unexplored regions.' As he talked, conviction would grow until certainty came and the problem was solved. ...

The classic biography of Hitler that remains, years after its publication, one of the most authoritative and readable accounts of his life. Here in an abridged edition."Alan Bullock's life of Hitler is our most comprehensive biography of the German dictator and it is an impressive and satisfying performance."--G. A. Craig






1 'Das Wort baut .' Zoller: Hitler Privat,
p. 45. This book is a valuable source for Hitler's personal life. Edited by an
Interrogation Officer of the U.S. 7th Army, it is the reminiscences of one of
Hitler's secretaries taken down in 1945. Although her name is not given,
from internal evidence the secretary in question appears to be Frl. Schröder.
She first began to work for Hitler in 1933 and continued to be a member of
his household until April 1945. Much of what she told Zoller has been
confirmed by the Table Talk. (See URL in "Sources:")

The Concise Dictionary of Foreign Quotations
by Anthony Lejeune - 2002 - 332 pages
above has:
Words build bridges in unexplored areas

Answer 2

He did say it, but can't find out when/where!
try 'wikiquote'