What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos.
Words build bridges into unexplored regions.
Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.
Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.
Strength lies not in defence but in attack.