Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood…
Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Hermann Göring, founder of the Gestapo and the Luftwaffe‘s first Supreme Commander, 1946
Terrifying.