"Objectively considered, there is no other principle that turns out to be quite so ill-conceived as parliamentarianism.
Here we may pass over the methods according to which the election of the representatives takes place, as well as the ways that bring them to office and bestow new titles on them. It is quite evident that public wishes are now satisfied only to a small degree, by the manner in which an election takes place. Everyone who properly estimates the political intelligence of the masses can easily see that it is insufficient to independently form a general political outlook, or to select the men who might be competent to carry out their ideas.
Whatever definition we may give of the term 'public opinion' only a very small part of it originates from personal experience or individual insight. The greater part portion results from the manner in which public matters have been presented to the people, through an overwhelmingly impressive and persistent system of 'information.'"
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf
Here we may pass over the methods according to which the election of the representatives takes place, as well as the ways that bring them to office and bestow new titles on them. It is quite evident that public wishes are now satisfied only to a small degree, by the manner in which an election takes place. Everyone who properly estimates the political intelligence of the masses can easily see that it is insufficient to independently form a general political outlook, or to select the men who might be competent to carry out their ideas.
Whatever definition we may give of the term 'public opinion' only a very small part of it originates from personal experience or individual insight. The greater part portion results from the manner in which public matters have been presented to the people, through an overwhelmingly impressive and persistent system of 'information.'"
Adolf Hitler
Mein Kampf