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> [I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state... a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one's mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/i-myself-was-to-experience-how-easily-one-is-taken-in-by-a-lying-and/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

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## More by William L. Shirer

> [“moment of declaration of war, if there”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/moment-of-declaration-of-war-if-there/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“This crude, cowardly bargain seems not to have unduly bothered Hitler. If Mussolini was personally attracted to him, as Ciano said, by “something deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/this-crude-cowardly-bargain-seems-not-to-have-unduly-bothered-hitler/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“The confused locksmith Drexler provided the kernel, the drunken poet Eckart some of the “spiritual” foundation, the economic crank Feder what passed as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-confused-locksmith-drexler-provided-the-kernel-the-drunken-poet/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [Chamberlain's stubborn, fanatical insistence on giving Hitler what he wanted, his trips to Berchtesgaden and Godesberg and finally the fateful journey to Munich rescued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/chamberlain-s-stubborn-fanatical-insistence-on-giving-hitler-what-he/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/in-our-new-age-of-terrifying-lethal-gadgets-which-supplanted-so/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“And though the very name of the Nazi Party proclaimed it as “socialist,” Hitler was even more vague on the kind of “socialism” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/and-though-the-very-name-of-the-nazi-party-proclaimed-it-as-socialist/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“The disillusion among the rank-and-file Nazis, especially among the S.A. storm troopers, who formed the large core of Hitler’s mass movement, was great. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-disillusion-among-the-rank-and-file-nazis-especially-among-the-s/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined German industry."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/one-of-them-was-fritz-thyssen-one-of-the-earliest-and-biggest/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“It never, however, drove him to the extremity of trying to find a regular job. As he makes clear in Mein Kampf, he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/it-never-however-drove-him-to-the-extremity-of-trying-to-find-a/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [Most true happiness comes from one's inner life, from the disposition of the mind and soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/most-true-happiness-comes-from-one-s-inner-life-from-the-disposition/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [Adolf Hitler is probably the last of the great adventurer-conquerors in the tradition of Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon, and the Third Reich the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/adolf-hitler-is-probably-the-last-of-the-great-adventurer-conquerors/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“One of the appalling aberrations of the German officer corps from this point on rose out of this conflict of “honor”—a word which, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/one-of-the-appalling-aberrations-of-the-german-officer-corps-from/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [“The power which has always started the greatest religious and political avalanches in history rolling has from time immemorial been the magic power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-power-which-has-always-started-the-greatest-religious-and/)

[William L. Shirer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-l-shirer/)

> [No class or group or party in Germany could escape its share of responsibility for the abandonment of the democratic Republic and the advent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/no-class-or-group-or-party-in-germany-could-escape-its-share-of/)

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> [“The consequences of committing high treason, if you were a man of the extreme Right, were not unduly heavy, despite the law, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-l-shirer/the-consequences-of-committing-high-treason-if-you-were-a-man-of-the/)

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