Today's Political Quotation

[chrishansenhome]

...is attributed to Hermann Goering at his trial for war crimes in Nurenburg:

"Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and its always a simple matter to drag the people along... All you have to do is tell them they're being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism. It works the same in every country."

I think that Herr Tony might have seen this quotation somewhere or other...