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“The working class positively benefited from Hitler`s rule, under which the standard of living was raised till it became the highest in Europe.”
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“The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions, which time and mediocrity can resolve.”
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“When the goddess Reason was set up as the idol of a sanguinary dictatorship and the French ‘Enlightenment’ was carried over the continent by military force, the charms of both faded quickly.”
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“The form of a myth is indeed externally conditioned by facts. There is a minimum of evidence with which it must comply if it is to live, but once lip service has been paid to that undeniable minimum, the human mind is free to indulge its infinite capacity for self-deception. When we consider upon what ludicrous evidence the most preposterous beliefs have been easily and by millions entertained, we may well hesitate before pronouncing anything incredible.”
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“A new dark age as Mr. Churchill called it, made more sinister and perhaps more protracted by the likes of perverted science. But when we have admitted the bestiality of his ambition, we must admit that he set himself to realize it with political genius. He detected and exploited all the cruel impulses, the irrational beliefs, the atavistic prejudices, the memories and fears of a frustrated people. He discovered a new technique of exploitation and he used it with skill and daring in the direction of his ultimate aims.”
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