After 1933, Goebbels gave an annual speech on the occasion of Hitler's birthday, many of which are available elsewhere in the German Propaganda Archive. A leader must possess character, will, ability and luck. If these four characteristics form a harmonious unity in a brilliant person, we have a man called by history.
Character is the most significant factor.
Knowledge, book learning, experience and practice do more harm than good if they are not based on strong character. Character brings them to their best expression. It requires courage, endurance, energy and consistency. Courage gives a person not only the ability to recognize what is right, but also to say and do it. Endurance gives him the ability to pursue the chosen goal, even if apparently impossible obstacles stand in the way, and to proclaim it even if it is unpopular, even if it makes him unpopular.