每當到選舉我總想到了一段名言...

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. ...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 to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

中譯:
"一般人民當然不會想要戰爭；無論在俄羅斯、英格蘭、美國或德國都是一樣。這是不言自明的。但畢竟，制定政策的是一個國家的領導階層，不管是民主、法西斯、議會政治或是共產制度，操控人民總是一件簡單的事。...無論有沒有表達意見的自由，都能把人民被帶往領導階層所希望的方向。這很簡單。你只需要告訴人民他們正在受到侵犯，並且指責反戰人士缺乏愛國意識，將國家暴露在危險之中。這在任何國家都一樣有效。"

- Hermann Göring，納粹德國空軍元帥，1946年在 Nuremberg 大審期間 Gustave Gilbert 的訪談記錄 "Nuremberg Diary"

https://www.mit.edu/people/fuller/peace/war_goering.html