“Christianity is not a religion for the masses, let alone for all. Cultivated by few and translated into deeds, it is one of the most splendid blossoms that can grow in the soul of a good man.”

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.

To be a socialist is to submit the I to the thou; socialism is sacrificing the individual to the whole.

The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.

If we have power, we’ll never give it up again unless we’re carried out of our offices as corpses.

Christ cannot possibly have been a Jew. I don’t have to prove that scientifically. It’s a fact.

We have had much to bear already. And still more will we have to bear. Let us thank God for being young.

The experience of the individual has become the experience of the people, thanks solely to the camera.

The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.

The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it.

Do you want total war? If necessary, do you want a war more total and radical than anything that we can even imagine today?

Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place.

We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.

If Christ came back he would drive his treacherous servants out of the temple with a whip.

What does Christianity mean today? National Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious practices and putting new ones in their place.

But in that backroom or whatever it is when God confronts me with my sins, I do not believe any of the kills I had during the war will be among them. Everyone I shot was evil. I had good cause on every shot. They all deserved to die.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

Our War of the Revolution was, in good measure, fought as a protest against standing armies.

With time and thought, one can do a good job.

I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.

By pursuing his own interest (the individual) frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it. I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

Whatever is underneath all the drag, it actually doesn’t really matter. It kind of just matters, are you a great entertainer? And are you nice to work with? Are you good at your job?