Hermann Goering
<p class="default"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;"> "Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. </span></p>
<p class="default"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;"> "But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine 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. </span></p>
<p class="default"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;"> "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. </span></p>
<p class="default"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;"> "It works the same in any country." </span></p>
<p class="default"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial;"> Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials, April 18, 1946 </span></p>
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