Adolph Hitler on central planning

If Germany intends to live, then it must run its whole economy in a manner that is clear and planned.  We cannot manage without a plan.  If we were to let things run on according to the principle that everyone may do as he likes, then in a very short time this freedom would end up in a terrible famine.  No, we have to conduct our business and run our economy according to plan.  Therefore the national socialist government cannot be dependent on any individual interests.  It cannot be dependent on the city or the country, not on workers, not on employers.  It cannot be dependent on industry, on the crafts, on trade, or on finance.  It can only accept one obligation.  The nation alone is our master and we serve this nation to the best of our knowledge and belief.

~ Adolph Hitler, 1936