Question

Which of the following statements best represents the message of this quotation?

Originality is more important than force in accomplishing goals.

Force is the means by which most people achieve their goals.

Germany needs to identify goals that do not require force.
The first fundamental of any rational Weltanschauung [world view] is the fact that on earth and in the universe force alone is decisive. Whatever goal man has reached is due to his originality plus his brutality.

-Adolf Hitler
April 2, 1928

Answer 1

Choice 2. The quotation asserts that force is the decisive means by which people achieve goals (achievements come from originality plus brutality), so statement 2 best matches the message.