I do not wonder that British youth is in revolt against the morbid doctrine that nothing matters but the equal sharing of miseries; that what used to be called the submerged tenth can only be rescued by bringing the other nine-tenths down to their le.

In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable

History's villains are more easily recognized in retrospect. In an article published in 1935 and reprinted in 1937, Winston Churchill expressed a curious ambivalence towards the German chancellor prior to the outbreak of war: We cannot tell whether Hitler will be the man who will once again let loose upon the world another war in which civilization will irretrievably succumb, or whether he will go down in history as the man who restored honour and peace of mind to the great Germanic nation. . . .

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time.

There is the solution which I respectfully offer to you in this Address to which I have given the title "The Sinews of Peace."

If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself.