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The art of leadership . . . consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention. . . . The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belong to one category.

Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler
Age: 56 †
Born: 1889
Born: January 1
Died: 1945
Died: April 30
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Former Chancellor Of Germany
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