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

Douglas MacArthur

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Military strategy War

Speaker

Douglas MacArthur

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

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United States

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Citation

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

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BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.

George Orwell

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George Orwell
Source
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Medium
Novel
Genre
Dystopian fiction
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

Another quote about War

Americans traditionally love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.

Patton

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American character Americans War World War II
Speaker
General George S. Patton
Actor
George C. Scott
Source
Patton
Medium
Film
Genre
Biography (film) War (film) Biography War
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

Another quote from 1940

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.