"The big joke on democracy is that it gives its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction."
— Joseph Goebbels

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Appears to actually be written by Hans Schwarz van Berk in a chapter introduction for a 1935 compilation of Der Angriff articles by Goebbels. (Der Angriff, Aufsätze aus der Kampfzeit, p. 61)