Quote of the Day

"If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead."

- General George S. Patton, Jr

 

"We are having shock after shock out here. The damage to the battleships at this time is a disaster... One cannot but admire the cold-blooded bravery and enterprise of these Italians."

- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander in Chief of Britain's Mediterranean Fleet (speaking of the Italian Navy Frogmen)

 

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns. Why should we let them have ideas?

-Joseph Stalin

 

You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

 

It is a fact that under equal conditions, large-scale battles and whole wars are won by troops which have a strong will for victory, clear goals before them, high moral standards, and devotion to the banner under which they go into battle.

Marshal Georgi Zhukov

 

Ive always liked:

"They Shall Not Pass." by someone in the French Army during the battle of Verdun?

 

Who says I am not under the special protection of God?

Adolf Hitler

 

"Dont Tread On Me." which was on the Colonies first flag--before ol Betsy Ross sewed the more familiar Red -- White -- and Blue flag.

 

I don't fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"

General George S. Patton

 

The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

Joseph Stalin

 

It must be a greater honor to be a street-cleaner and citizen of this Reich than a king in a foreign state!

Adolf Hitler

 

"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."


Göring

 

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened

Winston Churchill

 

Well, something else to think about today:

Do not be afraid of your enemies - in the worst case they can kill you;
Do not be afraid of your friends - in the worst case they can betray you;
Be afraid of the indifferent ones: it is from their silent blessings that all the evil is happening in the world!

Bruno Yasensky, Russian writer.

 

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter."

Winston Churchill

 

"Because of the food shortages, some companies have been eating the flesh of Australian soldiers. The taste is said to be good". Lieutenant Sakamoto

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How would you feel if in three or four weeks time the Russians were at the gates of Berlin?

-Heinz Guderian in conversation with Herr von Ribbentrop, January 25, 1945

 

'Wouldn't it be a good idea,' I said, 'to put a case of rum in every fourth or fifth plane so as to make sure that when the stuff is shoved out the chaps will really search for it?' Alf Snelling looked at me in the slightly pitying way professionals look at amateurs. 'Sir,' he said, 'I have already given orders that a case of rum should be in every plane!'

-General Slim and Stilwell in conversation concerning motavational methods of encouraging troops to search for airborn supply.

 

Here´s one "great" one I found for tomorrow...

In reference to the United States: "How can you expect a nation to fight whose only God is the almighty dollar?"
- Adolf Hitler to Japanese ambassador Oshima on December 9th, 1941

 

French Premier Georges Clemenceau

"Oil is as necessary as blood.''

PS. Works these days as well...