An Introduction to the "Jewish Protocols" 49
among them. The purpose is not to get the people thinking one thing, but
to think so diversely about so many different things that there will be no
unity among them. The result of this will be vast disunity, vast
unrest-and that is the result aimed at. When once the solidarity of
Gentile society is broken up-and the name "Gentile society" is perfectly
correct, for human society is overwhelmingly Gentile-then this solid
wedge of another idea which is not at all affected by the prevailing
confusion can make its way unsus~cted to the place of control. It is well
enough known that a body of 20 trained police or soldiers can
accomplish more than a disordered mob of a thousand persons. So the
minority initiated into the plan can do more with a nation or a world
broken into a thousand antagonistic parties, than any of the parties could
do. "Divide and rule" is the motto of the Protocols.
Take for illustration these passages.* This from the First Protocol:
"Political freedom is an idea not 2. fact. It is necessary to know how
to apply this idea when there is need of a clever bait to gain the
support of the people for one's party, if such a party has undertaken
to defeat another party already in powe!". This task is made easier
if the opponent has himself been infected by princip!e of freedom or
so-called liberalism, and for the sake of the idea will yield some of
his power."
Consider tllis from the Fifth Protocol:
"T o 8btain control over public opinion, it is first neces$ary to
confuse it by t.he expression from various sides of so many
conflicting opinions … this is t.!-J.e first secreL The second secret
consists in so increasing and intensifying the shortcomings of the
people in their habits, passions and mode of living that no one will
be able to collect himself i..11 the chaos, and consequently, people will
lose all their mutual understanding. This measure will serve" us also
in breeding disagreement in all parties, in disintegrating all those