THE GERMAN STATE MINISTRY FOR CHECH AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1270, sig. 110-12/96

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English Translation

201.) and amoral. Very often they are physisoh or mentally abnormal people. For this reason the states driven by éinem soloh must end almost regularly by a catastrophe, usually by a war - and precisely because of the character of their regime and their leadership. On the other hand, the democratic leader, who is a menseh of thorough training, experience and knowledge, is a man of prudence, of discussion, of agreement and of balance between the individual currents and social tendencies, He uses all his energy and uses his abilities aile for the realization of new facts, new experiences, new discoveries in the various knowledge-like and throughout technical progress. He must always continue to train and study, He must be a hero of diligence, honesty, self-sacrifice and patience in work and in the fulfilment of his daily political duties. He never has peace and quiet, for he must always be prepared for attacks by his opponents, and must persevere in convincing the opposition through reason and logic, through constant contact, discussions, talk, persuasion, but also through his actions and the honesty of his work. He is therefore often much more exhausted than the leaders in the authoritarian states, who, by violence instead of durah work and honest persuasion, fail to see. Leaders in democracies age and go faster, the stirrers in the authoritative states fall deeper.