The Big Lie is a major untruth uttered frequently by leaders as a means of duping and controlling the constituency.
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.
But it would be absolutely mistaken to regard a wealth of theoretical knowledge as characteristic proof for the qualities and abilities of a leader.
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.
For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in politics, but should become a reformer, if he has what it takes!
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think (also, What luck for rulers that men do not think).
The German has not the slightest notion how a people must be misled if the adherence of the masses is sought.
One People, one Reign, one Leader.
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
To be a leader means to be able to move masses
The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.
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.