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“In the summer of 1931,” Otto Dietrich, Hitler’s press chief first for the party and later for the Reich, relates, “the Fuehrer suddenly decided to concentrate systematically on cultivating the influential industrial magnates.”14 What magnates were they? Their identity was a secret which was kept from all but the inner circle around the Leader. The party had to play both sides of the tracks. It had to allow Strasser, Goebbels and the crank Feder to beguile the masses with the cry that the National Socialists were truly “socialists” and against the money barons. On the other hand, money to keep the party going had to be wheedled out of those who had an ample supply of it. Throughout the latter half of 1931, says Dietrich, Hitler “traversed Germany from end to end, holding private interviews with prominent [business] personalities.” So hush-hush were some of these meetings that they had to be held “in some lonely forest glade. Privacy,” explains Dietrich, “was absolutely imperative; the press must have no chance of doing mischief. Success was the consequence.”
― William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

“What does a lone wolf want? It wants to stop being a lone wolf. It wants togetherness, to be a part of something bigger. Survival depends on it.”
― Jim Dutcher, The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons From the Sawtooth Pack

“The masses of the people, however, did not realize how much the industrial tycoons, the Army and the State were benefiting from the ruin of the currency. All they knew was that a large bank account could not buy a straggly bunch of carrots, a half peck of potatoes, a few ounces of sugar, a pound of flour. They knew that as individuals they were bankrupt. And they knew hunger when it gnawed at them, as it did daily. In their misery and hopelessness they made the Republic the scapegoat for all that had happened. Such times were heaven-sent for Adolf Hitler.”
― William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

“Özgürlük, tam ve dolu bir hayata sahip olmaktır; beslenme, giyinme ve barınma gibi ihtiyaçlarınızı uygun ve düzgün biçimde karşılamak için ekonomik güç ve yetenek; ve bundan hemen sonra, aklın kavrayış ve ilgi alanını genişletmek, kişiliği geliştirmek, kimliğimizi duymak ve duyurmak için yeterli ve etkin fırsat sahibi olmak demektir. Açıktır ki, bu anlamda özgürlük, herkes için ancak en büyük bolluğa ulaşıldığı zaman mümkün olur.

Toplumun sınıflara bölünmüş olmasının, insanın insan tarafından sömürülmesinin ve özgürlükten sırf küçük bir azınlığın yararlanmasının tarihi sebebi olan düşük emek üretkenliği artık mevcut değildir.

İşsizliği yok etmek, sosyal güvenlik ve huzuru eksiksiz sağlamak, kültür dünyasına girmeyi herkes için mümkün kılmak, dinlenme ve eğlenme, araştırma ve inceleme, yaratıcı eylem ve çabalar için boş zaman sağlamakla, bugün, insanlık tarihinde ilk defa olarak, sınıfları kaldırmak, dünyayı sömürülmekten kurtarmak ve insan hayatını derinliğine ve genişliğine zenginleştirmek mümkün hale gelmiş bulunuyor.

Bu kolay olmayacak, çabuk olmayacak, fakat sosyalizmle mutlaka gerçekleşecektir.”
― Leo Huberman, Sosyalizmin Alfabesi