Prussianism and Socialism Quotes

“When the Englishman speaks of national wealth he means the number of millionaires in the country.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism

“When three liberals get together they form a new party; that is their idea of individualism. They never join a bowling club without introducing as part of the 'agenda' an 'amendment of the statutes.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism

“One cannot learn how to be creative by reading Marx. Either one is creative or one is not.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism

“In history as it really is, there can be no conciliations. Whoever believes that there can must suffer from a chronic terror at the absurd ways in which events do occur, and he is only deceiving himself if he thinks that he can control them by means of treaties. There is but one end to all the conflict, and that is death—the death of individuals, of peoples, of cultures.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism

“A people can never choose between different types of government. It can choose the outer trappings of government, but not the essential thing, the spirit of government—even though public opinion constantly confuses the two. What gets written into a constitution is never essential.The important thing is how the instinct of the people interprets it.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism

“A people can never choose between different
types of government. It can choose the outer trappings of government, but not the essential thing, the spirit of government—even though public opinion constantly confuses the two. What gets written into a constitution is never essential.The important thing is how the instinct of the people interprets it.”
― Oswald Spengler, Prussianism and Socialism