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The Folkish Philosophy Of Life Must Succeed In Bringing About That Nobler Age In Which Men No Longer Are Concerned With Breeding Dogs, Horses, And Cats, But In Elevating Man Himself.
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The Folkish Philosophy Of

Adolf Hitler
The Folkish Philosophy Of Life Must Succeed In Bringing About That Nobler Age In Which Men No Longer Are Concerned With Breeding Dogs, Horses, And Cats, But In Elevating Man Himself.
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Sacrifice
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First, Therefore, [the Jew] Goes About Making Up To The People For His Previous Sins Against Them. He Begins His Career As The 'benefactor' Of Mankind. Since His New Benevolence Has A Practical Foundation, He Cannot Very Well Adhere To The Old Biblical Recommendation, That The Left Hand Should Not Know What The Right Hand Giveth.
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Hands
Careers
In A War The Last Thing The English Know Is How To Practice Fair Play.
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Practice
Play
Germany Must Either Be A World Power Or There Will Be No Germany
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Germany
World
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Race
People
I Wish And Will Continue To Wish, That The German People Should Learn That By Reason Of Practical Examples Afforded By Their Ability And Work, They Are Not A Second-rate Or Inferior People In Comparison With Others. On The Contrary They Are Their Equals According To All True Standards Of Values And Therefore Entitled To Equal Rights In All Respects.
Rights
People
Wish
Life Is Like A Game, There Could Be Many Players. If You Don't Play With Them, They'll Play With You.
Player
Games
Life Is Like
A Man Who Knows A Thing, Who Is Aware Of A Given Danger, And Sees The Possibility Of A Remedy With His Own Eyes, Has The Duty And Obligation, By God, Not To Work 'silently,' But To Stand Up Before The Whole Public Against The Evil And For Its Cure.
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Evil
The Art Of Leadership . . . Consists In Consolidating The Attention Of The People Against A Single Adversary And Taking Care That Nothing Will Split Up That Attention. . . . The Leader Of Genius Must Have The Ability To Make Different Opponents Appear As If They Belong To One Category.
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People
Leader
The Majority Can Never Replace The Man
Military
Men
Majority
I Hold That This Must Be Said, For Treaties Only Make Sense When Concluded By Honor-loving Peoples And Honor-conscious Governments. Germany Wishes To Establish Honest Relations With The Peoples Of Neighboring Countries. We Have Done This In The East, And I Believe That Not Only Berlin But Warsaw As Well Will Rejoice In The Decontamination Of The Atmosphere Brought About Through Our Joint Efforts.
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Believe
Government
What We Have To Fight For...is The Freedom And Independence Of The Fatherland, So That Our People May Be Enabled To Fulfill The Mission Assigned To It By The Creator.
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Fighting
People
The Result Of The Revolution In Germany Has Been To Establish A Democracy In The Best Sense Of The Word. We Are Steering Towards An Order Of Things Guaranteeing A Process Of A Natural And Reasonable Selection In The Domain Of Political Leadership, Thanks To Which That Leadership Will Be Entrusted To The Most Competent, Irrespective Of Their Descent, Name Or Fortune. The Memorable Words Of The Great Corsican That Every Soldier Carries A Field Marshal's Baton In His Knapsack, Will Find Its Political Complement In Germany.
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Names
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Members
Nations
Pride In One's Own Race - And That Does Not Imply Contempt For Other Races - Is Also A Normal And Healthy Sentiment. I Have Never Regarded The Chinese Or The Japanese As Being Inferior To Ourselves. They Belong To Ancient Civilizations, And I Admit Freely That Their Past History Is Superior To Our Own. They Have The Right To Be Proud Of Their Past, Just As We Have The Right To Be Proud Of The Civilization To Which We Belong. Indeed, I Believe The More Steadfast The Chinese And The Japanese Remain In Their Pride Of Race, The Easier I Shall Find It To Get On With Them.
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Firsts
But If Out Of Smugness, Or Even Cowardice, This Battle Is Not Fought To Its End, Then Take A Look At The Peoples Five Hundred Years From Now. I Think You Will Find But Few Images Of God, Unless You Want To Profane The Almighty.
Religious
Thinking
Years
In Nearly All The Matters In Which The Pan-german Movement Was Wanting, The Attitude Of The Christian Social Party Was Correct And Well-planned.
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Religious
Attitude
Just As The World Cannot Live On Wars, So People Cannot On Revolutions
Military
War
People
It Must Be Thoroughly Understood That The Lost Land Will Never Be Won Back By Solemn Appeals To The God, Nor By Hopes In Any League Of Nations, But Only By The Force Of Arms.
Military
Land
League
The State Dominates The Nation Because It Alone Represents It.
States
Nations
Industry, Technology, And Commerce Can Thrive Only As Long As An Idealistic National Community Offers The Necessary Preconditions. And These Do Not Lie In Material Egoism, But In A Spirit Of Sacrifice And Joyful Renunciation.
Lying
Sacrifice
Technology
The Truth Is The Best Propaganda.
Truth Is
Propaganda
Help Yourself, Then God Will Also Help You!
Atheism
Helping
Help Yourself
The Task Of Propaganda Lies Not In A Scientific Training Of The Individual, But Rather In Directing The Masses Toward Certain Facts, Events, Necessities, Etc., The Purpose Being To Move Their Importance Into The Masses' Field Of Vision.
Lying
Moving
Training
The Folkish-minded Man, In Particular, Has The Sacred Duty, Each In His Own Denomination, Of Making People Stop Just Talking Superficially Of God's Will, And Actually Fulfill God's Will, And Not Let God's Word Be Desecrated. For God's Will Gave Men Their Form, Their Essence And Their Abilities. Anyone Who Destroys His Work Is Declaring War On The Lord's Creation, The Divine Will.
Letting Go
Religious
War
I Have No Further Interest In The Czecho-slovakian State, That Is Guaranteed. We Want No Czechs
War
World
Want
I Am Sure That The Japanese, The Chinese And The Peoples Of Islam Will Always Be Closer To Us Than, For Example, France, In Spite Of The Fact That We Are Related By Blood (...)
Blood
Chinese
Islam
We National Socialists Must Hold Unflinchingly To Our Aim In Foreign Policy, Namely To Secure For The German People The Land And Soil To Which They Are Entitles On This Earth. And This Action Is The Only One Which, Before God And Or German Posterity, Would Make Any Sacrifice Of Blood Seem Justified: Before God, Since We Have Been Put On This Earth With The Mission Of Eternal Struggle For Our Daily Bread.
Struggle
Sacrifice
Land
He Alone, Who Owns The Youth, Gains The Future.
Rise To Power
Individual Happiness
Church Ministry
By Rejecting The Authority Of The Individual And Replacing It By The Numbers Of Some Momentary Mob, The Parliamentary Principle Of Majority Rule Sins Against The Basic Aristocratic Principle Of Nature.
Majority Rule
Numbers
Democracy
[the Crowd] Will Finally Succeed In Remembering Only The Simplest Concepts Repeated A Thousand Times.
Crowds
Succeed
Remember
Anyone Can Deal With Victory. Only The Mighty Can Bear Defeat.
Victory And Defeat
Mein Kampf
Bears
The Efficiency Of A Truly National Leader Consists Primarily In Preventing The Division Of The Attention Of A People, And Always In Concentrating It On A Single Enemy.
Power
People
Leader
I Certainly Am Not Alone In The World With This Demand; I Am In The Best Of Company. Let It Be Said That No Self-respecting People And No Responsible Government Would Be Able To Think Or Much Less Act Differently In Such A Case. The World Has Already Seen A Great Many Wars Lost In The Past.
War
Past
Thinking
The Best Characterization Is Provided By The Product Of This Religious Education, The Jew Himself. His Life Is Only Of This World, And His Spirit Is Inwardly As Alien To True Christianity As His Nature Two Thousand Years Previous Was To The Great Founder Of The New Doctrine.
Religious
Years
Two
Difference Which Exists Between The Lowest, So-called Men, And The Other Higher Races Is Greater Than Between The Lowest Men And The Highest Apes.
Men
Race
Differences
Life Does Not Forgive Weakness.
Forgiving
Weakness
Doe
I Am Convinced That I Am Acting As The Agent Of Our Almighty Creator. By Fighting The Jews, I Am Doing The Lord's Work.
Fighting
Religion
Atheism
I, For My Part, Acknowledge Another Precept Which Says That Man Must Deal The Final Blow To Those Whose Downfall Is Destined By God.
Blow
Men
Finals
The Party, As Such, Stands For Positive Christianity, But Does Not Bind Itself In The Matter Of Creed To Any Particular Confession.
Party
Religion
Doe
It Matters Not Whether These Weapons Of Ours Are Humane: If They Gain Us Our Freedom, They Are Justified Before Our Conscience And Before Our God.
Atheism
Weapons
Matter
The Moment In Paris Where I Saluted Napoleon's Tomb Was One Of The Proudest Of My Life.
Paris
Moments
Tombs
When I Was A Worker I Busied Myself With Socialist Or, If You Like, Marxist Literature.
Literature
Marxist
Socialist
Bolshevism Turns Flourishing Countryside Into Sinister Wastes Of Ruins; National Socialism Transforms A Reich Of Destruction And Misery Into A Healthy State With A Flourishing Economic Life.
Healthy
Waste
Ruins
What We Suffer From Today Is An Excess Of Education.
Suffering
Excess
Today
The Greatness Of Christianity Did Not Lie In Attempted Negotiations For Compromise With Any Similar Philosophical Opinions In The Ancient World, But In Its Inexorable Fanaticism In Preaching And Fighting For Its Own Doctrine.
Religious
Lying
Philosophical
Even A Superficial Glance Is Sufficient To Show That All The Innumerable Forms In Which The Life-urge Of Nature Manifests Itself Are Subject To A Fundamental Law - One May Call It An Iron Law Of Nature - Which Compels The Various Species To Keep Within The Definite Limits Of Their Own Life-forms When Propagating And Multiplying Their Kind.
Law
Iron
Atheism
Due To His Own Original Special Nature, The Jew Cannot Possess A Religious Institution, If For No Other Reason Because He Lacks Idealism In Any Form, And Hence Belief In A Hereafter Is Absolutely Foreign To Him. And A Religion In The Aryan Sense Cannot Be Imagined Which Lacks The Conviction Of Survival After Death In Some Form. Indeed, The Talmud Is Not A Book To Prepare A Man For The Hereafter, But Only For A Practical And Profitable Life In This World.
Religious
Book
Men
More People Died As A Result Of The Tiny Abortive Easter Uprising Against British Rule In Ireland (1916) Than Died As A Result Of Political Violence In Germany During The Entire National Socialist Revolution.
Easter
Uprising
People
Politics Is History In The Making.
Nations
What Luck, For Governments, That The People Are Stupid!
Stupid
Government
People
If Dr. Karl Lueger Had Lived In Germany, He Would Have Been Ranked Among The Great Minds Of Our People.
Religious
People
Mind
I Wouldn't Watch Football If It Wasn't For Lord Bendtner
Football
Watches
Lord
Germany Has Concluded A Non-aggression Pact With Poland. We Shall Adhere To It Unconditionally. We Recognize Poland As The Home Of A Great And Nationally Conscious People.
War
Home
People
...our Cities Of The Present Lack The Outstanding Symbol Of National Community Which, We Must Therefore Not Be Surprised To Find, Sees No Symbol Of Itself In The Cities. The Inevitable Result Is A Desolation Whose Practical Effect Is The Total Indifference Of The Big-city Dweller To The Destiny Of His City.
Destiny
Cities
Community
Our Strategy Is To Destroy The Enemy From Within, To Conquer Him Through Himself.
Military
Enemy
Dictator
The Leader Of Genius Must Have The Ability To Make Different Opponents Appear As If They Belonged To One Category.
Military
Leader
Different
In The Spanish People There Is A Mixture Of Gothic, Frankish And Moorish Blood. One Can Speak Of The Spaniard As One Would Speak Of A Brave Anarchist. The Arabian Epoch-the Arabs Look Down On The Turks As They Do On Dogs-was The Most Cultured, The Most Intellectual And In Every Way Best And Happiest Epoch In Spanish History. It Was Followed By The Period Of The Persecutions With Its Unceasing Atrocities.
Dog
Blood
People
To Them Belong, Not Only The Truly Great Statesmen, But All Other Great Reformers As Well. Beside Frederick The Great Stands Martin Luther As Well As Richard Wagner.
Religious
Mein Kampf
Luther
A Folkish State Must Therefore Begin By Raising Marriage From The Level Of A Continuous Defilement Of The Race, And Give It The Consecration Of An Institution Which Is Called Upon To Produce Images Of The Lord And Not Monstrosities Halfway Between Man And Ape.
Religious
Men
Race
The Anti-semitism Of The New Movement Was Based On Religious Ideas Instead Of Racial Knowledge.
Religious
Ideas
Mein Kampf
Nudity Is Undignified And An Error Of Taste
Errors
Taste
Nudity
To Whom Should Propaganda Be Addressed? To The Scientifically Trained Intelligentsia Or The Less Educated Masses? It Must Be Addressed Always And Exclusively To The Masses.
Media
Propaganda
Should
The Spark Of A Genius Exists In The Brain Of The Truly Creative Man From The Hour Of His Birth. True Genius Is Always Inborn And Never Cultivated, Let Alone Learned.
Creativity
Science
Men
Lord God, Let Us Never Hesitate Or Play The Coward, Let Us Never Forget The Duty Which We Have Taken Upon Us.... We Are All Proud That Through God's Powerful Aid We Have Become Once More True Germans.
Powerful
Taken
Play
A Definite Factor In Getting A Lie Believed Is The Size Of The Lie. The Broad Mass Of The People, In The Simplicity Of Their Hearts, More Easily Fall Victim To A Big Lie Than To A Small One.
Freedom
Lying
Fall
It Is Always More Difficult To Fight Successfully Against Faith Than Against Knowledge.
Military
Fighting
Individual Happiness
German Equality Of Rights Is The Prerequisite For Any Participation On Germany's Part In International Conventions And Agreements.
Rights
Agreement
Germany
If, On Our Own Account, We Do Not Intend To Wage War, We Are Much Less Willing To Do So For Interests Which Do Not Concern Germany And Are Alien To It.
War
Germany
Aliens
Whenever I Think Of This Attack, My Stomach Turns Over.
War
Thinking
World
Everlasting Peace Will Come To The World When The Last Man Has Slain The Last But One.
Peace
Men
World
And I Can Fight Only For Something That I Love, Love Only What I Respect, And Respect Only What I At Least Know.
Fighting
Dignity
Knows
Our Party Remains As Firm As This Rock And Will Not Be Divided By Any Force In Germany.
Party
Rocks
Germany
Truly, This Earth Is A Trophy Cup For The Industrious Man. And This Rightly So, In The Service Of Natural Selection. He Who Does Not Possess The Force To Secure His Lebensraum In This World, And, If Necessary, To Enlarge It, Does Not Deserve To Possess The Necessities Of Life. He Must Step Aside And Allow Stronger Peoples To Pass Him By.
Men
Stronger
Doe
It Is A Tragedy Of The Germanic World That Jesus Was Judaised, Distorted, Falsified; And An Alien Asiatic Spirit Was Forced Upon Us. That Is A Crime We Must Repair.
Jesus
Tragedy
World
The Whites Have Carried To These (colonial) People The Worst That They Could Carry: The Plagues Of The World: Materialism, Fanaticism, Alcoholism, And Syphilis. Moreover, Since What These People Possessed On Their Own Was Superior To Anything We Could Give Them, They Have Remained Themselves... The Sole Result Of The Activity Of The Colonizers Is: They Have Everywhere Aroused Hatred.
People
Giving
Hatred
The Grossly Impudent Lie Always Leaves Traces Behind It, Even After It Has Been Nailed Down.
Lying
Media
Mein Kampf
The Size Of The Lie Is A Definite Factor In Causing It To Be Believed.
Inspirational
Lying
Size
Propaganda Tries To Force A Doctrine On The Whole People; The [party] Organization Embraces Within Its Scope Only Those Who Do Not Threaten On Psychological Grounds To Become A Brake On The Further Dissemination Of Ideas.
Party
Organization
Ideas
The Phrase, 'emancipation Of Women' Is Only An Invention Of The Jewish Intellect And Its Content Is Stamped With The Same Spirit. In The Really Good Periods Of German Life The German Woman Never Needed To Emancipate Herself.
Phrases
Spirit
Invention
As Long As The League Of Nations Constitutes Only A Treaty Of Guarantee For The Victorious Nations, It Is By No Means Worthy Of Its Name.
Mean
Names
Long
It Would Be Easier For The Devil To Go To Church And Cross Himself With Holy Water Than For These People To Comprehend The Ideas Which Are Accepted Facts To Us Today.
Ideas
People
Water
The Future Of A Movement Is Conditioned By The Fanaticism, Yes, The Intolerance, With Which Its Adherents Uphold It As The Sole Correct Movement, And Push It Past Other Formations Of A Similar Sort.
Past
Movement
Intolerance
Strength Lies Not In Defence But In Attack
Lying
Defence
On Positive Liberty: The Business Of The State Is To Use Its Organizing Powers For The Purpose Of Furnishing The Necessary Conditions Which Allow This People Freely To Unfold Its Creative Faculties.
Philosophy
People
Creative
I Have Been Europe's Last Hope. She Proved Incapable Of Refashioning Herself By Means Of Voluntary Reform. She Showed Herself Impervious To Charm And Persuasion. To Take Her I Had To Use Violence. (26th February)
Mean
Europe
Reform
It Would Be More In Keeping With The Intention Of The Noblest Man In This World If Our Two Christian Churches, Instead Of Annoying Negroes With Missions Which They Neither Desire Nor Understand, Would Kindly, But In All Seriousness, Teach Our European Humanity That Where Parents Are Not Healthy It Is A Deed Pleasing To God To Take Pity On A Poor Little Healthy Orphan Child And Give Him Father And Mother, Than Themselves To Give Birth To A Sick Child Who Will Only Bring Unhappiness And Suffering On Himself And The Rest Of The World.
Christian
Mother
Religious
Whoever Lights The Torch Of War In Europe Can Wish For Nothing But Chaos. We, However, Live In The Firm Conviction Our Times Will See Not The Decline But The Renaissance Of The West. It Is Our Proud Hope And Our Unshakable Belief Germany Can Make An Imperishable Contribution To This Great Work.
War
Europe
Light
The Most Foolish Mistake We Could Possibly Make Would Be To Allow The Subjugated Races To Possess Arms.
Mistake
Gun
People
Society's Needs Come Before The Individuals Needs
Needs
Individual
Tyranny
To Be A Leader Means To Be Able To Move Masses
Military
Moving
Mean
Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

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2.1. Enhancing Credibility

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3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.


3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.


3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.



4. Proper Usage of Quotes


4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.


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Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).


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6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.


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Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.


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Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.


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Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.



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Conclusion


Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.


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