"why of course the people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ...voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. that is easy. all you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.”
-hermann goering (at the nuremberg trials after world war II)
“the art of leadership ... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.... the leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.”
adolf hitler (mein kampf, vol. 1, ch. 3 (1925))
“an evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. we must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.”
-adolf hitler 1939
"there is no telling how many wars it will take to secure freedom in the homeland."
-george w bush
"america must not ignore the threat gathering against us. facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof, the smoking gun that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."
-george w bush
"the liberation of iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. we've removed an ally of al qaeda."
-george w bush
"either you are with us or you are with the terrorists."
-george w bush
"free nations are peaceful nations. free nations don't attack each other. free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
-george w bush
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