Following are some famous (and not so famous) quotes from world leaders of our time. Most notably, the quotes are from World War II and some from recent times. I hope you enjoy this page as it is interesting and somewhat foretelling.
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"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - The United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan...As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense...With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God."
President F.D. Roosevelt - 8th December 1941 "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with
destiny."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
"Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to go get the bastards who started it. The quicker they are whipped, the quicker we can go home. The shortest way home is through Berlin and Tokyo. And when we get to Berlin, I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I'd shoot a snake!"
General George S. Patton - (addressing to his troops before Operation Overlord) - 5th June 1944
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton
…and when you will pass before a military cemetery, when you will see the little white crosses adorning the tombs of the soldiers of Baugnez, of Steeumont, of Rochefort and of so many little villages of the Ardennes, from the depths of your heart cry to them… “THANK YOU!”
Andre Defer, Belgian Writer.
"A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out."
Tony Blair's words during a recent interview when asked by one of his
Parliament members why he believes so much in America.
"I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died…every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero."
Lieutenant General Omar Bradley - Commander of the US First Army - (Speaking after the war)
"An app
easer is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
"Nuts"
General MacAuliffe (when asked to surrender during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944)
"The world must know what happened, and never forget." 
General Eisenhower, while visiting Nazi death camps, 1945.
"I have no further interest in the Czecho-Slovakian State, that is guaranteed. We want no Czechs"...
Adolf Hitler - 26th September 1938
" Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist"
Adolf Hitler - 15th March 1939
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in
the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem"
"If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."
Ronald Reagan
“A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased “
Hans Frank, the Nazi governor of Poland.
“This is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace in our time.”
(Neville Chamberlain, Sept. 30, 1938. on his return from meeting with Adolf Hitler.)
"May God help you to understand what the fighting here and in the area was like, for there was such a distance between those who suffered and those who observed suffering from afar."
