Hitler's Table Talk

54 HITLER'S PERSONAL WORRIES
and only a quarter of the surface of the globe is at present
at humanity's disposal. It's for this quarter that everyone's
fighting. And it's all in the natural order of things—for it
makes for the survival of the fittest.
When a man begets children without having previously enlarged
the basis of his existence, it shows a lack of conscience
on his part. But if he decides that he should therefore give up
the idea of begetting children, he becomes doubly a sinner, by
making himself life's debtor.
It's certain that worries never cease to trouble us. When I
was a young man, I had worries to the extent of ten, twenty or
thirty marks. The only period when I had no worries was the
six years of my life as a soldier. Then one did not concern
oneself with such matters. We were supplied with clothing,
and although it was no great shakes, it was at least honourable.
Lodging and board—or, in default of lodging, leave to sleep
somewhere or other. After that, the worries came back:
worries about the Party—first to the extent of ten thousand
marks, then of a few millions. After we took power, they were
to the extent of thousands of millions.
Later still, I had new worries. First of all, how to find jobs
for the unemployed? Then, when unemployment had disappeared,
where to find enough workers? We must instal
machines! Continually new problems to settle. It's still the
same to-day. We used to say: "Let's take prisoners!" Now we
think: "What are we to do with all these prisoners?"
All refugees are alike. They fix their minds on a turningpoint
in their own story, which they regard as a turning-point
in the history of the world. They ignore everything that may
have happened since that moment, which for them is essential.
Only a genius would be capable of transcending that private
view of things.
There are also psychological refugees. The Englishman is
stranded on gth November 1918!