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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (192857)	10/16/2001 6:36:06 PM
From: asenna1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

It is understandable why the Führer's calm, persistent, confident ability to wait and let time work for him in a series of important domestic and foreign policy matters is so hard for most Germans to understand. Many would not be at all upset if Adolf Hitler played the big man by taking unconsidered, hurried, careless actions, perhaps even "a panther's leap to Agadir" or something like that. The Führer's careful approach and confidence, and his enormous political abilities in all areas, are something entirely foreign to most Germans, something entirely new. They must become accustomed to it. The propagandist must therefore always be ready for action, not be hampered by the political uncertainty of the people. They have a double task. First, they must bring the public to the level of political maturity for future foreign policy actions. Foreign actions and decisions cannot be made today 's era of popular nationalism by a thin leadership layer or an intellectual elite, as they were in the past. Political propaganda is necessary to build the determination of the nation. We have greater freedom of action in domestic policy. Here it is a matter of capturing each individual. The determination of the individual stands alongside the forged determination of the community. Here battles will be fought that require a new kind of statistic. If we want to support a foreign policy decision, the entire nation must be mobilized for a powerful frontal attack. Domestic matters are not settled by mass meetings and mass marches alone. There "the troops must be divided into separate units." The battle will be won within the family, the workplace, the office. Such quiet, tough battles depend on the determination, independence and self-confidence of the individual fighter. Many details of our domestic policy are not yet legally settled, nor can everything be written into law. There is much room for personal initiative. Each party member at least can act as a National Socialist. In such matters, each is his own political propagandist. There he can show if is is determined, persistent, self-confident, whether he can hold firm and keep going. Political propaganda in the form of political meetings must always stand alongside such individual fighters. The Source: "Politische Propaganda als sittliche Pflicht"Unser Wille und Weg, 6 (1936), pp. 238-241. Political Propaganda as a Moral Duty by Dr. Josef Wells