e executive agent.
He is rather himself the bearer of the collective will of
the people. In his will the will of the people is realized.
He transforms the mere feelings of the people into a
conscious will ... Thus it is possible for him, in the name
of the true will of the people which he serves, to go
against the subjective opinions and convictions of single
individuals within the people if these are not in accord
with the objective destiny of the people ... He shapes the
collective will of the people within himself and he embodies
the political unity and entirety of the people in
opposition to individual interests ...

But the Fuehrer, even as the bearer of the people's will, is
not arbitrary and free of all responsibility. His will is
not the subjective, individual will of a single man, but the
collective national will is embodied within him in all its
objective, historical greatness ... Such a collective will
is not a fiction, as is the collective will of the
democracies, but it is a political reality which finds its
expression in the Fuehrer. The people's collective will has
its foundation in the political idea which is given to a
people. It is present in the people, but the Fuehrer raises
it to consciousness and discloses it ...

In the Fuehrer are manifested also the natural laws inherent
in the people: It is he who makes them into a code governing
all national activity. In disclosing these natural laws he
sets up the great ends which are to be attained and draws up
the plans for the utilization of all national powers in the
achievement of the common goals. Through his planning and
directing he gives the national life its true purpose and
value. This directing and planning activity is especially
manifested in the lawgiving power which lies in the Fuehrer's
hand. The great change in significance which the law has
undergone is characterized therein that it no longer sets up
the limits of social life, as in liberalistic times, but
that it drafts the plans and the aims of the nation's
actions ...

The Fuehrer principle rests upon unlimited authority but not
upon mere outward force. It has often been said, but it must
constantly be repeated, that the Fuehrer principle has
nothing in common with arbitrary bureaucracy