freedom of speech] is, for sure, one proof of how dumb they are!" - Meaning and context.">
Daß Ihr das [Freiheit der Meinung] uns gegeben habt, - das ist ja ein Beweis dafür, wie dumm Ihr seid!
Speech of the minister of the realm Joseph Goebbels (4 December 1935) (from 15'29" to 15'34")

The fact that they gave us that [freedom of speech] is, for sure, one proof of how dumb they are!

— Joseph Goebbels

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The fact that they gave us that [freedom of speech] is, for sure, one proof of how dumb they are!" in the context of "Daß Ihr das [Freiheit der Meinung] uns gegeben habt, - das ist ja ein Beweis dafür, wie dumm Ihr seid!
Speech of the minister of the realm Joseph Goebbels (4 December 1935) (from 15'29" to 15'34")" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joseph Goebbels

About Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was Adolf Hitler's Propaganda Minister in Nazi Germany. He was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. He was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted associates, and was known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent antisemitism, which was evident in his publicly voiced views. He advocated progressively harsher discrimination, including the extermination of the Jews in the Holocaust.