I intend to set up a thousand-year Reich and anyone who supports me in this battle is a fellow-fighter for a unique spiritual - I would say divine - creation...Rudolf Hess, my assistant of many years standing, would tell you: If we have such a leader, God is with us.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims their movement is divinely inspired and equates loyalty to themselves with divine favor.
- In plain terms
- My movement is divine; supporting me means God supports us.
- What can you take from it?
- Loyalty to the leader is seen as loyalty to God.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is political leadership ever divine?
- How do leaders claim spiritual authority?
Another view
Equating a leader with divine will is dangerous and subjective.
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