The history of failure in war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.

Douglas MacArthur

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Topic

Military strategy War

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

From

United States

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Citation

MacArthur, Douglas. Statement on aid to Great Britain. 16 Sept. 1940.

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The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.

Hugo Black

Everson v. Board of Education

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Topic
Establishment Clause First Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Hugo Black
Source
Everson v. Board of Education
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1947 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Black, Hugo. United States, Supreme Court. Everson v. Board of Education. United States Reports, vol. 330, 10 Feb. 1947, pp. 1-74. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/330/1/.

Another quote about War

Carthage must be destroyed.

Cato the Elder

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
War
Speaker
Cato the Elder

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Declaration
Language
Latin
Time
149 BC 140s BC 2nd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Cato the Elder. Speech within the Roman Senate prior to the Third Punic War. c. 149 BC, Rome, Italy.

Another quote from 1940

We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II No surrender
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
We Shall Fight on the Beaches
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "We Shall Fight on the Beaches." House of Commons meeting. 4 June 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Dunkirk: Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.