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“There is no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never
be converted and would always yield to the stronger, and this will always be 'the man in
the street.' Arguments must therefore always be crude, clear and forcible and appeal to
the emotions and instincts, not the intellect. Truth was unimportant and entirely
subordinate to tactics and psychology.”
Not really, but it sure could be.
The preceding is often attributed to Joseph Goebbels, but was actually written by British historian Hugh Redwald Trevor Roper for
a book.
