Finally, we
need a reform in the area of art, literature and theater. The government must
take care that its folk is not poisoned. There is a higher right, which is
based on the realization, what harms a folk. And what harms a folk, must be
eliminated.
Speech of April 27, 1923 in Munich
Whoever is chosen by
Providence to reveal the soul of a folk of the present time, to make it resound
in tones or to speak in stone, he suffers under the force of the almighty compulsion
dominating him, he will speak its language, even if the present time does not
understand him or does not want to understand him, he will rather accept any
distress than to even just once be untrue to the star, which inwardly guides
him.
Speech of September 1, 1933 in Nuremberg
It is not necessary to first
discover the musically talented people as race, in order to entrust them with
the care of music, rather music discovers the race, in which (people) it finds
the ability.
Speech of September 3, 1933 in Nuremberg
One of these men. who embodies
the best nature of our folk within himself, who has risen from national, German
greatness to international significance, is Richard Wagner, the greatest man of
this city (Leipzig), the most mighty master of the tones of our folk!
Speech of March 6, 1934 in Leipzig
When I for the first time
stood before Wagner's grave, my heart swelled with pride!
Speech of March 27, 1924 in Munich
With the genuine oath to
correspond to the wish and the will of the great master, to continue to nurture
his immortal works in eternal, living beauty, in order to also drawn future
generations of our folk into the miracle world of this mighty poet of tones, I
set this cornerstone of the German National Monument for Richard Wagner as
eternal witness and ongoing admonishment.
Speech of March 6, 1934 in Leipzig
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