# Quote — Slavoj Žižek, In Defense of Lost Causes

> ...crazy, tasteless even, as it may sound, the problem with Hitler was that he was not violent enough, that his violence was not 'essential' enough...

- Author: [Slavoj Žižek](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek.md)
- Book: [In Defense of Lost Causes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek#In_Defense_of_Lost_Causes_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes/crazy-tasteless-even

## More from this book

> ...there is never a "right moment" for the revolutionary act - the act is always, by definition, "premature".

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes/there-is-never.md)

> Heidegger is 'great' not in spite of, but because of his Nazi engagement...

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/slavoj-zizek/in-defense-of-lost-causes/heidegger-is-great.md)