Viktor Lutze: Leader

Viktor Lutze was SA Stabschef. Explore interesting quotes on leader.

Viktor Lutze: 10 quotes0 likes

“The tragedy in the long history of the German people is that it has seldom had real leaders. Not that it lacked military leadership. What was lacking was political leadership, the political idea, the Weltanschauung (worldview) that National Socialism gives. The S. A. man as a political soldier is the bearer of this Weltanschauung, this National Socialist idea. Political soldiery is the foundation of the state.”

Quoted in "The Educational Philosophy of National Socialism" - Page 174 - by George Frederick Kneller - 1941.

“Not a single Storm Trooper would have followed Röhm. The whole body was merely a revolt of leaders, and only quite a small group of the leaders were willing to take part.”

Quoted in "Bulletin of International News" - Page 51.

“SA men should be leaders, not ludicrous apes.”

Adolf Hitler, in a twelve-point directive about cleaning up the SA issued to Lutze.