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Sebastian Haffner

“One cannot overstate the childishness of the ideas that feed and stir the masses. Real ideas must as a rule be simplified to the level of a child’s understanding if they are to arouse the masses to historic actions.”

Sebastian Haffner, Defying Hitler: A Memoir
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Defying Hitler: A Memoir Defying Hitler: A Memoir by Sebastian Haffner
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