Don't let's be beastly to the Germans
When our Victory is ultimately won.

Noel Coward

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Topic

World War II Magnanimity in war

Speaker

Noel Coward

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Coward, Noel. Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans. Warner Chappell Music, 1943.

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Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Topic
Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

Another quote about World War II

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II British empire
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Their Finest Hour
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Their Finest Hour." House of Commons meeting. 18 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Alone: Their Finest Hour." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote from 1943

The history of liberty has largely been the history of observance of procedural safeguards.

Felix Frankfurter

McNabb v. United States

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Topic
Rule of law Freedom

Author

Felix Frankfurter
Source
McNabb v. United States
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Frankfurter, Felix. United States, Supreme Court. McNabb v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 318, 1 Mar. 1943, pp. 339-349. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/318/332/.