Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece?
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. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the 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.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: 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 in any country.
« La polygamie paraît générale chez eux, du moins parmi les principaux. Comme leur seule passion est l'amour, le grand nombre des femmes est le seul luxe des riches. Les enfants partagent également les soins du père et de la mère. Ce n'est pas l'usage à Tahiti que les hommes, uniquement occupés de la pêche et de la guerre, laissent au sexe le plus faible les travaux pénibles du ménage et de la culture. Ici une douce oisiveté est le partage des femmes, et le soin de plaire leur plus sérieuse occupation [...] Je ne saurais assurer si le mariage est un engagement civil ou consacré par la religion, s'il est indissoluble ou sujet au divorce. Quoi qu'il en soit, les femmes doivent à leurs maris une soumission entière : elles laveraient dans leur sang une infidélité commise sans l'aveu de l'époux. Son consentement, il est vrai, n'est pas difficile à obtenir, et la jalousie est ici un sentiment si étranger que le mari est ordinairement le premier à presser sa femme de se livrer. Une fille n'éprouve à cet égard aucune gêne ; tout l'invite à suivre le penchant de son cœur ou la loi de ses sens, et les applaudissements publics honorent sa défaite. Il ne semble pas que le grand nombre d'amants passagers qu'elle peut avoir eu l'empêche de trouver ensuite un mari. Pourquoi donc résisterait-elle à l'influence du climat, à la séduction de l'exemple ? L'air qu'on respire, les chants, la danse presque toujours accompagnée de postures lascives, tout rappelle à chaque instant les douceurs de l'amour, tout crie de s'y livrer. »
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