Hitler in 1934

Hitler in 1934 according to Hermann Rauschning in The Voice of Destruction:

“I am no dictator, and never will be a dictator. . . . There is no such thing as unlimited power, and I should never dream of pretending to it myself. The word dictatorship is misleading; there is no such thing as dictatorship in the accepted sense. Even the most extreme autocrat is compelled to correct his absolute will by existing conditions.”

“Yes, man has to be passed and surpassed. . . . Man is becoming God–that is the simple fact. Man is God in the making. Man has eternally to strain at his limitations.”

“The new man is among us! He is here! Now are you satisfied? I will tell you a secret. I have seen the vision of the new man–fearless and formidable. And I shrunk from him.”

Hitler’s thoughts . . . revolve around the inevitable war to come. He looks forward to it though he fears it. For his horoscope has warned him against war. In war, it has predicted, he would lose all he has gained.

“But we, sir, are feverishly in pursuit of power, and we are not a bit afraid to say so. We are madly keen on it. We are frantically pursuing it. For us, the pursuit of power is not an anaemic theory; the will to power is for us literally the whole meaning of life. We are alive. Alive! Let others sleep!”

(Hermann Rauschning image from Goodreads.com)

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