Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe masses need something that will give them a thrill of horror.
More Joseph Goebbels Quotes
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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.
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A thousand years hence, every German will speak with awe of Stalingrad and remember that it was there that Germany put the seal on her victory.
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I believe in God. When everything collapses, we grip the last hold, we look from the secure haven how the godless society of the old, holy Europe falls apart. May the game begin.
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Christ cannot possibly have been a Jew. I don’t have to prove that scientifically. It’s a fact.
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Man is and remains an animal. Here a beast of prey, there a housepet, but always an animal.
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Everything is what you make of it, even yourself.
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The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.
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At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth.
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The modern man is necessarily a seeker of God, maybe a Man of Christ.
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Our starting point is not the individual: We do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, or clothe the naked. Our objectives are different: We must have a healthy people in order to prevail in the world.
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The rank and file are usually much more primitive than we imagine. Propaganda must therefore always be essentially simple and repetitious.
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It is not propaganda’s task to be intelligent, its task is to lead to success.
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We shall reach our goal, when we have the power to laugh as we destroy, as we smash, whatever was sacred to us as tradition, as education, and as human affection.
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Revolutions are spiritual acts. They appear first in people, then in politics and the economy. New people form new structures. The transformation we want is first of all spiritual; that will necessarily change the way things are.
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When you stroll through Munich it can happen that you suddenly stand in front of an old house, an idyllically-dreaming church that smiles like a friendly anachronism into our modern time.
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