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> [If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-the-german-people-lay-down-their-arms-the-whole-of-eastern-and/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

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## Other authors on German People

## More by Joseph Goebbels

> [If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-you-tell-a-lie-big-enough-and-keep-repeating-it-people-will/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [ \[Hitler thought\] that Mussolini was no figure of world history, like der Fuehrer or Stalin. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/hitler-thought-that-mussolini-was-no-figure-of-world-history-like-der/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [When you stroll through Munich it can happen that you suddenly stand in front of an old house, an idyllically-dreaming church that smiles like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/when-you-stroll-through-munich-it-can-happen-that-you-suddenly-stand/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [Intellectual activity is a danger to the building of character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/intellectual-activity-is-a-danger-to-the-building-of-character/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [There was no point in seeking to convert the intellectuals. For intellectuals would never be converted and would anyway always yield to the stronger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/there-was-no-point-in-seeking-to-convert-the-intellectuals-for/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [If you tell a lie, tell a big one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-you-tell-a-lie-tell-a-big-one/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [Our starting point is not the individual: We do not subscribe to the view that one should feed the hungry, give drink to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/our-starting-point-is-not-the-individual-we-do-not-subscribe-to-the/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-you-repeat-a-lie-often-enough-people-will-believe-it-and-you-will/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [A media system wants ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/a-media-system-wants-ostensible-diversity-that-conceals-an-actual/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/not-every-item-of-news-should-be-published-rather-must-those-who/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-you-repeat-a-lie-often-enough-it-becomes-the-truth/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/one-should-not-as-a-rule-reveal-one-s-secrets-since-one-does-not-know/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/at-night-i-sit-in-my-chamber-and-read-the-bible-far-in-the-distance/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/if-the-german-people-lay-down-their-arms-the-whole-of-eastern-and/)

[Joseph Goebbels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-goebbels/)

> [Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-goebbels/propaganda-works-best-when-those-who-are-being-manipulated-are/)

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