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Oliver Cromwell:
“you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, i say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!.”
Addressing the rump parliament. April 1653.
Also repeated to Chamberlain in 1940 but forget which MP did so.
Re the "nuts" quote; sounds very similar to the French Napoleanic Old Guard who defending the retreat at Waterloo and surrounded by Anglo- Prussians when asked for their surrender replied: "Merde!"
“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine 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 to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
-Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials
Sometimes, the worst thing about Nazis is that they speak the truth.
Oliver Cromwell:
“you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, i say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!.”
Addressing the rump parliament. April 1653.
Also repeated to Chamberlain in 1940 but forget which MP did so.
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