In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great … - William L. Shirer

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I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others.

William L. Shirer

In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electronic button. Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow it. There will be no conquerors and no conquests, but only the charred bones of the dead on and uninhabited planet.

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Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.

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But without Adolf Hitler, who was possessed of a demonic personality, a granite will, uncanny instincts, a cold ruthlessness, a remarkable intellect, a soaring imagination and - until the end, when, drunk with power and success, he overreached himself - an amazing capacity to size up people and situations, there almost certainly would never have been a Third Reich.

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I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state. . . a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one's mind and often misled it.

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