Why of course the people don't want war ... 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.
- Hermann Goering, Nazi leader at the Nuremberg Trials after
World War II, In Politics/Nazism
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