"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures. Neither the existence of the Reichstag nor that of the Reichsrat is menaced. The position and rights of the President remain unaltered. It will be the foremost task of the Government to restore unity of mind and will to our nation. It will preserve and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests."

Adolf Hitler, speech to the Reichstag, Berlin, 23 March 1933. Delivered in support of the Law to Remedy the Distress of the People and the Nation (Enabling Act).