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24 May 2006 - 12:38 UTCVoice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. 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 any country.
-Hermann Goering
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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The former are idealists acting from highest motives for the greatest good of the greatest number. The latter are surly curmudgeons, suspicious and lacking in altruism. But they are more comfortable neighbors than the other sort.
—Lazarus Long
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Interesting quote. Hermann was right, of course. The Germans bought Hitler’s story of German border guards being attacked by the Poles, and the rest is history.
While the quote remains true, I don’t know if it’s very apt for our situation. Pacifists and anti-Iraq war protestors have a good deal of public opinion on their side. And they certainly aren’t cowed by being told they are working against their country.
By Pigilito on 05.24.06 20:52
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