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“Above all, I learned from the Jesuit Order. Incidentally, Lenin did too, as far as I remember. There has never been anything greater in the world than the hierarchical order of the Catholic Church. I have applied much of it directly to the organization of my party. Almost two thousand years of existence amid changing fortunes—that means something. […] The Catholic Church is exemplary above all because of its extraordinarily clever tactics and knowledge of human nature, because of its wise incorporation of human weaknesses into the leadership of the faithful.”

Adolf Hitler

“I have learnt most of all from the Jesuit Order . . . So far, there has been nothing more imposing on earth than the hierarchical organization of the Catholic Church. A good part of that organization I have transported direct to my own party . . . The Catholic Church must be held up as an example . . . I will tell you a secret. I am founding an Order . . . In Himmler I see our Ignatius de Loyola!”

Adolf Hitler