The quote is from Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda for Hitler. Along with “the big lie” it was one of the ruling principles of the Nazis. Both of these are seen in the methodology of the current leadership of the republican party. Take the screaming about “elitism.”
Current republicans are absolutely positive that they alone deserve to be at the top of the heap and that the rest of us are trash. They actually believe that they alone are genetically superior and deserve to rule. Everyone else should keep their head down and not complain. Anyone who points this out is accused of “elitism.”
See how it works?
If you want to know what republicans know they are guilty of, observe carefully what they accuse others of. It is a list of their own sins.
A confession, of sorts.