Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.Hannah Arendt
What will happen once the authentic mass man takes over, we do not know yet, although it may be a fair guess that he will have more in common with the meticulous, calculated correctness of Himmler than with the hysterical fanaticism of Hitler, will more resemble the stubborn dullness of Molotov than the sensual vindictive cruelty of Stalin.
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War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.
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Only one who is in pain really senses nothing but himself pleasure does not enjoy itself but something beside itself.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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