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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe Jew is contrary to our being. He desecrated our people, spit on our ideals, paralyzed the strength of the nation, made our customs rotten, and polluted the morale.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSA 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSOur 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSWe have had much to bear already. And still more will we have to bear. Let us thank God for being young.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe masses need something that will give them a thrill of horror.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSAt 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSWe 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.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSEverything is what you make of it, even yourself.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSO this world is beautiful because of you! To love somebody means that we’re closer to God.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSTo be a socialist is to submit the I to the thou; socialism is sacrificing the individual to the whole.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSFaith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSThe war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSIf the day should ever come when we must go, if some day we are compelled to leave the scene of history, we will slam the door so hard that the universe will shake and mankind will stand back in stupefaction.
JOSEPH GOEBBELSWe can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.
JOSEPH GOEBBELS