who said this?

Low spark · **who said this? -** 03-25-2003, 03:10 PM

got this in a email from a friend today,

“Why of course the people don’t want war. ... That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to 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.”

They, of course forgot to mention where this quote came from.

Zoner · 03-25-2003, 03:15 PM

It was supposedly said by Hermann Göering.

Zone

Low spark · 03-25-2003, 03:17 PM

Thanks Zoner.

cameltoe · 03-25-2003, 11:22 PM

thats a pretty good quote, i might use it in an english paper or something

Old Reliable · 03-25-2003, 11:49 PM

it would be nice to find this in German because translation always loses effects

pest · 03-26-2003, 06:56 AM

[quote="Old Reliable":93b2b]it would be nice to find this in German because translation always loses effects[/quote:93b2b]

Yes, it would mean so much more then. oOo:

Old Reliable · 03-26-2003, 10:51 AM

for those of us who are actually multi-cultured.......YES!