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We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.

Joseph Goebbels

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Joseph Goebbels
Age: 47 †
Born: 1897
Born: October 29
Died: 1945
Died: May 1
Autobiographer
Demagogue
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German Politician
Journalist
Novelist
Politician
Propagandist
Screenwriter
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