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61 " What combination of events could ever bring back again to France and Flanders the formidable Canadians of the Vimy Ridge; the glorious Australians of Villers-Bretonneux; the dauntless New Zealanders of the crater-fields of Passchendaele; the steadfast Indian Corps which in the cruel winter of "
― Winston S. Churchill , The Gathering Storm (The Second World War, #1)
62 " The mortal need was Security at all costs and by all methods, however stern or even harsh. "
63 " One thing is absolutely certain, namely, that victory will never be found by taking the line of least resistance. "
64 " the S.A. had become to a large extent a revolutionary movement fanned by the discontents of temperamental or embittered subversives and the desperation of ruined men. They differed from the Bolsheviks whom they denounced no more than the North Pole does from the South. "
65 " It is only in the twentieth century that this hateful conception of inducing nations to surrender by terrorising the helpless civil population by massacring the women and children has gained acceptance and countenance among men. "
66 " Some at least of its impulse came from the Admiralty. "
67 " If we could only weave Gaul and Teuton so closely together economically, socially, and morally as to prevent the occasion of new quarrels, and make old antagonisms die in the realisation of mutual prosperity and interdependence, Europe would rise again. "
68 " For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings. "
69 " From time to time the German U-boat commanders have tried their best to behave with humanity. We have seen them give good warning and also endeavour to help the crews to find their way to port. One German captain signalled to me personally the position of a British ship which he had just sunk, and urged that rescue should be sent. He signed his message “German Submarine”. I was in some doubt at the time to what address I should direct a reply. However, he is now in our hands, and is treated with all consideration. Even "
70 " I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed. "
71 " Fascism was the shadow or ugly child of Communism "
72 " Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field "
73 " He that will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay. "
74 " even in matters of self-preservation, no policy is pursued for even ten or fifteen years at a time. We shall see how the counsels of prudence and restraint may become the prime agents of mortal danger; how the middle course adopted from desires for safety and a quiet life may be found to lead direct to the bull’s-eye of disaster "
75 " There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is a far worse war or one much harder to win. "
76 " It is baffling to reflect that what men call honour does not correspond always to Christian ethics. Honour is often influenced by that element of pride which plays so large a part in its inspiration. "
77 " The veils of the future are lifted one by one, and mortals must act from day to day. "
78 " As Fascism sprang from Communism, so Nazism developed from Fascism. "
79 " a letter of the great Duke of Marlborough, in which he said: “To remove a General in the midst of a campaign—that is the mortal stroke. "
80 " The Polish attitude was, “With the Germans we risk losing our liberty; with the Russians our soul”. "