“Naturally the common people don’t want
war…But, after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and
it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy
or a fascist dictatorship, or parliament or a communist dictatorship. All you
have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for
lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in
every country.”

—Hermann Goering, (1893-1946) Nazi
Reichsmarschall, at the Nuremberg Trials, 4/18/46. From Nuremberg Diary by
Gustave Gilbert.

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