Diskussion:Mason, James N.

Zitat über Adolf Hitler

Das englischsprachige Zitat ist offenbar ein Zitat von James Mason über Adolf Hitler, nicht ein Zitat über James Mason. Das wird nicht direkt deutlich. Ich halte das Zitat für zu lang und entbehrlich, und schlage daher, zumal es auch noch auf Englisch ist, eine Löschung vor. Wer ist einverstanden? --W. Kulturkampf (Diskussion) 22:18, 13. Julmond (Dezember) 2019 (UTC)

Ich. --Thore (Diskussion) 15:57, 14. Julmond (Dezember) 2019 (UTC)

Entnommenes Zitat vorerst hier abgelegt (kann ggf. wieder eingefügt werden, wenn es um die Inhalte von „Siege“ geht):

„He was born in a small rural village. In a society based on inherited class and title his mother had been a house maid. He never attended a university and the only training school he applied to rejected him saying he lacked talent. He never traveled outside his country except to serve as a soldier and a few brief visits late in life. He served a term in prison. He did none of the things that usually lead to greatness. He had no credentials but himself. Left an orphan as a young boy, he never had a single close friend and most people who knew him disliked him. When he died his body was partially burned and then carried off by his enemies.
He was never granted a grave. Yet he wrote a book that outsold the Bible during his lifetime and it was translated into every civilized language. He never studied architecture because they wouldn’t let him but he redesigned cities.

Though he lived in splendor through his achievements he really didn’t care much about expensive possessions. Even those who hate him admit he was the central figure of the twentieth century and still fear his message and memory.

While communism is being gradually rejected even in countries where it is practiced, this man’s teachings are still vital. All the armies that ever marched, all the navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments that ever sat, all the kings who ever reigned, even all the edicts and pontification of the popes or the lives of the saints….all put together have not affected the way people think and feel as much as Jesus Christ and this man. He will be remembered as long as men are able to remember anything.“ – James Mason, Siege (Abschnitt Adolf Hitler – The Revolutionary „Man Against Time“)

--W. Kulturkampf (Diskussion) 19:22, 14. Julmond (Dezember) 2019 (UTC)