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Adolf Hitler | How fortunate for governments that people do not think

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“How fortunate for governments that people do not think. There is no thinking except in giving and executing commands. If it were otherwise human society could not exist.” Adolf Hitler deutscher Diktator 1889 – 1945 am 18./19. Januar 1942 in der Wolfsschanze; Monologe im Führer–Hauptquartier 1941–1944. “Was für ein Glück für die Regierenden, daß die Menschen nicht denken! Denken gibt es nur in der Erteilung oder im Vollzug eines Befehls, wäre es anders, so könnte die menschliche Gesellschaft nicht bestehen.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Hannah Arendt | those who choose the lesser evil

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“In their moral justification, the argument of the lesser evil has played a prominent role. If you are confronted with two evils, the argument runs, it is your duty to opt for the lesser one, whereas it is irresponsible to refuse to choose altogether. Its weakness has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget quickly that they chose evil.[….] Acceptance of the lesser evil is deliberately used to accustom officials, as well as the population at large, to accept the evil itself.” Hannah Arendt “Bei ihrer moralischen…

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Joseph Goebbels | According to the idea of the NSDAP, we are the German left

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“According to the idea of the NSDAP [Nazi party], we are the German left. Nothing is more hateful to us than the right-wing national ownership block.” Joseph Goebbels | in: Der Angriff, Gauzeitung der Berliner NSDAP, 6.12.1931, zit. nach Wolfgang Venohr: Dokumente Deutschen Daseins: 500 Jahre deutsche Nationalgeschichte 1445-1945, Athenäum Verlag, 1980, S. 291) “Der Idee der NSDAP entsprechend sind wir die deutsche Linke. Nichts ist uns verhasster als der rechtsstehende nationale Besitzbürgerblock.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Fritz Bauer | no to state injustice

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“The certainly stirring but decisive lesson of our trials, however, demands a readiness to say an unequivocal no to state injustice.” The trials demand that people renounce private and family advantages and are also prepared to make personal sacrifices if they are required to do or tolerate evil, even if it is the state that makes itself the advocate of evil.” Fritz Bauer, »Im Namen des Volkes. Die strafrechtliche Bewältigung der Vergangenheit«, in: Helmut Hammerschmidt (Hrsg.), Zwanzig Jahre danach. Eine deutsche Bilanz 1945-1965. München u.a.: Desch Verlag, 1965, S. 314….