STATE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN CHEIN AND MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1745, sig. 109-4/1500

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OV Übersetzung. Pschechoslovakisches V olek ! Hermann Rauschning: Hitler told me. Talk XLV.Neuer Machiavelli._Continuation_2. I said to him:"So you take the whole of Machiavelli's teaching.But history shows that cunning, ta a history of Italian cities proves that such a policy can't be of long duration.l. Hitler answered me to do the interexs s d political walls that restrict Germany. "By the way, my pacifist opponents should be grateful to me for winning with bloodless means what was put up in front of me with weapons.Our opponents have every villa to the #idrstand ver- d d d srd All democracies and all the possessing classes who only wish to be able to resign would be all too happy if they were freed from responsibility and had peace and quiet. They are not men who wish for the Echt and who know the desire for power.They speak only of duty and responsibility.They only wish that they could cultivate flowers, catch fish and spend the evenings with the Bible in their hands at the stove." I told him that perhaps people in England and France could do it to others. Hitler was angry: "#ir, my Lord," he said, emphasizing every front, "fearing for power from all our forces. We trembl with impatience and desire for it.Vir alone are passionate rulers.The #ille to power is not a mere talk with us.He is our blood to us our life.We live, yes, we live," he exclaimed triumphantly."And that's why we let the others sleep. He sang that he would sleep and stick to it.Let me sleep."Hitler burst into laughter.He continued:"I don't recognize any morals in politics.Politics is a game where every trick is allowed and where the rules of the game differ according to the skill of the players."Then he began to talk about the disappointment of the German Nationals, who expected him to do quite different things.