If men wish to live, then they are forced to kill others. The entire struggle for survival is a
conquest of the means of existence, which in turn results in the elimination of others from these
same sources of subsistence. As long as there are peoples on this earth, there will be nations
against nations and they will be forced to protect their vital rights in the same way as the
individual is forced to protect his rights.
One is either the hammer or the anvil. We confess that it is our purpose to prepare the
German people again for the role of the hammer. We admit freely and openly that if our
movement is victorious, we will be concerned day and night with the question of how to produce
the armed forces, which are forbidden us by the peace treaty [Treaty of Versailles]. We solemnly
confess that we consider everyone a scoundrel who does not try day and night to figure out a way
to violate this treaty, for we have never recognized this treaty...We will take every step which
strengthens our arms, which augments the number of our forces, and which increases the strength
of our people. We confess further that we will dash anyone to pieces who should dare hinder us
in this undertaking...Our rights will be protected only when the German Reich [country] is again