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

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never-in nothing, great or small, large or petty-never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill

Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941

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Topic
Never giving up Persistence
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Speech at Harrow School, October 29, 1941
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Never Give In." 29 Oct. 1941, Harrow School, Harrow, England, UK. Speech.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "'Never give in!', 29 October 1941, Harrow School." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.

Another quote about War

Make war that we may live in peace.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Topic
War and peace War Peace

Author

Aristotle
Source
The Nicomachean Ethics
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

Current Citation

Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019.

Another quote from 1940

Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.