The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.
The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they are not frightened by the thoughts of it.
Is it not a shame to leave the capabilities of a nation at the mercy of citizens who dispose of these capabilities lightly and shamelessly, as if they were playing cards.
