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> [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. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-haffner/one-cannot-overstate-the-childishness-of-the-ideas-that-feed-and-stir/)

Sebastian Haffner

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## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-haffner/one-cannot-overstate-the-childishness-of-the-ideas-that-feed-and-stir/)

Sebastian Haffner

> [ A state does not simply fall apart as a result of depression... \[Weimar Germany\] was not destroyed by economic depression or widespread unemployment, though… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-haffner/a-state-does-not-simply-fall-apart-as-a-result-of-depression-weimar/)

Sebastian Haffner

> [The Nazi leaders….treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-haffner/the-nazi-leaders-treated-germany-like-a-conquered-land-a-colony-to-be/)

Sebastian Haffner

> [“Graças a Churchill, não foi a Alemanha que passou a dominar a Europa, mas sim os Estados Unidos e a Rússia. Graças a Churchill,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-haffner/gra-as-a-churchill-n-o-foi-a-alemanha-que-passou-a-dominar-a-europa/)

Sebastian Haffner

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