"A leader must possess character, will, ability, and luck. If these four characteristics form
a harmonious unity in a brilliant person, we have a man called by history. Adolf Hitler!
Character is the most significant factor. Knowledge, book learning, experience, and
practice do more harm than good if they are not based on strong character. Character
brings them to their best expression. It requires courage, endurance, energy, and
consistency. Courage gives a person not only the ability to recognize what is right, but
also to say and do it. Endurance gives him the ability to pursue the chosen goal, even if
apparently impossible obstacles stand in the way, and to proclaim it even if it is unpopular, even if it makes him
unpopular. Energy mobilizes the strength to risk everything for the goal and the persistence to keep at it.
Consistency gives his eye and mind the sharpness of knowledge and logic in thought and action that gives truly
great people the ability to reach the eternally wavering masses. These manly virtues together comprise that
which we call character. Character, in short, is style and behavior in the highest form.”---- Joseph Goebbels