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Hitler's infamous prison writings, a manifesto of hatred and a plan for a program of bloodshed and terror.

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  • - Hitler's disturbing point of view explains much of history, more sophisticated than might be expected
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  • “To learn history means to seek and find the forces which are the causes leading to those effects which we subsequently perceive as historical events.The art of reading as of learning is this: to retain the essential, to forget the non-essential.”
    Dr. Leopold Potsch
  • “Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.”
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  • You can fight only for something you love. You can love only what you respect. You can respect only what you know.
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  • To truly “learn” history means to open your eyes and discover the forces that cause historical events to happen. The art of reading and of learning means remembering the important parts and forgetting the unimportant.
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  • A true leader is bound to withdraw from political activity that consists largely of trading favors and haggling for the approval of a majority rather than creative work and achievement. This kind of activity only attracts small minds, not great thinkers.
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  • Never forget that a majority cannot replace a man. A majority always represents stupidity and cowardice. A hundred cowards do not make a hero any more than a hundred fools make a wise man.
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  • Propaganda must limit itself to saying a very little, but saying it a lot.
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  • By far the greater part of political “education” or propaganda is the work of the press. It is the press which primarily takes care of the “work of enlightenment” and acts as a sort of school for adults. This means the teaching materials are not in the hands of the state, but in the clutches of characters who are motivated by their own interests.
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  • Isn’t every accomplishment of genius in this world the result of the one genius going against the inertia of the masses?
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  • Eternal Nature takes revenge for violation of her commandments. I believe I am acting today in the spirit of the Almighty Creator. By standing guard against the Jew, I am defending the work of the Lord.
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  • Just as religion should not identify itself with political party mischief, political parties should not meddle in religion.
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  • This insidious group manufactures more than two-thirds of all so-called “public opinion”, and this is where parliament obtains their strength.
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First Sentence edit see section history

TODAY it seems to me providential that Fate should have chosen Braunau on the Inn as my birthplace.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in True Crime: Killer's Memoir. (community list)
This is book 73 of 74 in Robert B. Downs - Books that Changed the World. (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Scope and Methods of Geography / The Geographical Pivot of History, and followed by Silent Spring.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Adolf Hitler (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Ralph Manhein (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Jainco Publishers
Country: India
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ISBN: 81-89474-06-5
Page Count: 581

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Sein Kampf - Antwort an Hitler von Irene Harand

Books That Cite This Book edit see section history

   
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  • Malcolm X
  • The Book Thief

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