and represents
no system of brutal force, but that it can only be
maintained by mutual loyalty which must find its expression
in a free relation. The Fuehrer-order depends upon the
responsibility of the following, just as it counts on the
responsibility and loyalty of the Fuehrer to his mission and
to his following ... There is no greater responsibility than
that upon which the Fuehrer principle is grounded.[46]

The nature of the plebiscites which are held from time to time in a
National Socialist state, Huber points out, cannot be understood from
a democratic standpoint. Their purpose is not to give the people an
opportunity to decide some issue but rather to express their unity
behind a decision which the Fuehrer, in his capacity as the bearer of
the people's will, has already made:

That the will of the people is embodied in the Fuehrer does
not exclude the possibility that the Fuehrer can summon all
members of the people to a plebiscite on a certain question.
In this "asking of the people" the Fuehrer does not, of
course, surrender his decisive power to the voters. The
purpose of the plebiscite is not to let the people act in
the Fuehrer's place or to replace the Fuehrer's decision with
the result of the plebiscite. Its purpose is rather to give
the whole people an opportunity to demonstrate and proclaim
its support of an aim announced by the Fuehrer. It is
intended to solidify the unity and agreement between the
objective people's will embodied in the Fuehrer and the
living, subjective conviction of the people as it exists in
the individual members ... This approval of the Fuehrer's
decision is even more clear and effective if the plebiscite
is concerned with an aim which has already been realized
rather than with a mere intention.[47]

Huber states that the Reichstag elections in the Third Reich have the
same character as the plebiscites. The list of delegates is made up by
the Fuehrer and its approval by the people represents an expression of
renewed and continued faith in him. The Reichstag no longer has any
governing or lawgiving powers but acts merely as a sounding board for
the Fuehrer:

It would be impossible for a law to be introduced and acted
upon in the Reichstag which had not originated with the
Fuehrer or, at least, received his approval. The procedure is