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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Another quote from the 1940s

There ain't any answer, there ain't going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.

Gertrude Stein

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Topic
Meaning of life

Author

Gertrude Stein
Source
Brewsie and Willie
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Stein, Gertrude. Brewsie and Willie. Random House, 1946, ch. 5.

Another quote about War

There are no atheists in the fox holes.

William Thomas Cummings

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Topic
Facing death God and war War
Speaker
William Thomas Cummings
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Cummings, William Thomas. Quoted in I Saw the Fall of the Philippines, by Carlos P. Romulo. Doubleday, 1943, ch. 15.

Another quote from 1940

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
The Few
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Few." House of Commons meeting. 20 Aug. 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Battle of Britain: 'The Few'." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.