Thus, any idea of restoring German independence is inseparably bound up with restoration of a deter¬ mined spirit in our people.
It was clear to us even in 1919 that the chief aim of the new Movement must be to awaken a sentiment of nationality in the masses. From the tactical stand¬ point a number of requirements arise out of this.
- No social sacrifice is too great in order to win the masses over to the national Movement. But a Movement, whose aim is to recover the German worker for the German nation, must realize that economic sacrifices are not an essential factor in it, so long as the maintenance and independence of the nation’s economic life is not menaced by them.
- Nationalizing of the masses can never be effected by half-measures or by mild expression of an “objective standpoint”, but by determined and fanati¬ cal concentration on the object aimed at. The mass of the people do not consist of professors or diplomats. A man who desires to win their adherence must know the key which will unlock the door to their hearts. This is not objectivity, i.e., weakness, but determination and strength.
- There can only be success in winning the soul of the people if, whilst we are conducting the political struggle for our own aim, we also destroy those who oppose it.
The masses are but a part of nature, and it is not in them to understand mutual hand-shakings between men whose desires are nominally in direct opposition to each other. What they wish to see is victory for the stronger and destruction of the weaker.