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IN HOC SIGNO VINCESIN HOC SIGNO VINCES

by George Lincoln Rockwell
Long lasting success in any human endeavor is never the result of blind luck.
The achievement of a clearly defined goal, whether it be the act of walking from
point "X" to point "Y", the building of a house, or the organization of a
business, is always the product of three things:
1. The intellectual ability to perceive the problem involved, the opposition
which must be expected, and the best way to overcome that opposition to reach
the goal.
2. The will and determination to do whatever may be necessary to reach the
desired goal, regardless of opposition.
3. The physical means, strength, and courage to enforce and carry out the plan
or fight conceived by the mind and determined by the will.
If any of these three elements be lacking on one's purpose, failure is the
inevitable, predictable result.
A man who is too stupid to understand the various factors involved in trying to
walk from point "X" to point "Y", where the path between us is a jungle infested
with snakes, dangerous carnivores and fever, and who fails to arm himself with
weapons and maps, medicine and other equipment will never arrive at "Y" no
matter how dogged his determination or how mighty his muscles. Another man
attempting the same journey, though he clearly perceives the dangers and
prepares for them, and though he be mighty of muscle, will yet fail to reach "Y"
if he is so irresolute and weak of will that he does not persevere at the
struggle and ruthlessly use whatever force might be necessary to crush and
destroy the forces opposing him. And a third man who has the intellect to
perceive the dangers and to prepare for them, and the will and determination to
fight his way through even with the utmost heroism, but who is frail of body and
so physically weak that he cannot carry out the commands of his mind and his
will cannot but succumb to the stronger adversaries he will meet.
It is with civilizations as it is with the struggles of individual men. Dozens
of great civilizations have perished because of failure in one or more of these
three elements necessary in the struggle for survival.
Savage societies usually perish, not so much from lack of vigorous will or lack
of physical strength, as from lack of ability to perceive the real situation.
Drowning in superstition and stumbling in the darkness of ignorance, they are
overwhelmed by the physical forces of violent natural occurrences, catastrophes
and diseases which more civilized societies have learned to overcome.
On the other hand, civilizations, for all their intellectual achievements and
sciences, perish most often because of failure of the will, the diminishing of
the savage and ruthless drive for survival and dominance which originally
created society. They become "humanitarian", selfish, and soft. They become
physically weak and dependent on paid armies and police to do their fighting.
The fighting spirit of honor and self-sacrifice and heroism of their ancestors
gives way to a growing love of ease and luxury and cowardice masquerading as
"humanitarianism".
When a civilization reaches this effete stage in its decay, only a very rare
historical occurrence can halt the final collapse of the society as the
decadence grows daily more apparent. Only when the dying society still has
enough life-energy to produce a spiritual giant, a godlike throwback to the