I Thought Bush's Ancestors Were English?

...in some countries, making up you own laws and spying on citizens was a way of life...and death.

"Naturally, the common people don't want war, but after all, it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is democracy, a fascist dictatorship or a parliment or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to do the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."

Hermann Goering
German Reichs-Marshall
1939


"There are no parlimentary parties in German any longer. How could we have overcome them had we not waged an educational campaign for years that persuaded people of their weaknesses, harms and disadvantages? Their final elimination was only the result of what the people had already realized. Our propaganda weakened their parties. Based on that, they could be eliminated by a legal act.
The positive national discipline of the German press would never have been possible without the complete elimination of the influence of the liberal-Jewish press."

Joseph Goebbels
Hitler's propaganda minister
1934