“Tommy’ was used 128 years ago in a War Office guide for a soldier to apply for ‘marching money’ at two and a half pence per mile to cover himself, wife, and child. The Duke of Wellington in 1794 found… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The greater danger to individual freedom comes from totalitarian regimes that regard any dissenting view as a threat to be destroyed—no matter if the… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ And he replied, ‘Go out into the darkness and put your hand… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“They cannot know What makes you as you are Nor can they hear Those voices from afar Which whisper to you You are not alone… They cannot reach That inner core of you The long before of you The child inside Deep deep inside Which gives the man his pride… What you are They can never be And what they… — William Stevenson Copy Share
“In the November 1940 week of nightmares, when mighty German planes bombed London, British bombers retaliated by attacking Berlin, where the Soviet foreign minister, Molotov, was pressing Hitler for an answer to just exactly when German forces would invade the British Isles. We had heard of the conference beforehand,' Churchill told Parliament, ' and, although not invited to join in… — William Stevenson Copy Share
“This country is like a family,” he muttered, quoting George Orwell, “with the wrong members in control.” Even” — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“But what were these hopes in which he was disappointed? What were these wishes in which he was frustrated? What was that faith that… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“France was eclipsed by the solid German block, producing far more than twice her number of military males each year, towering up grim and… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“There’s a considerable difference between being high-minded and soft-headed.” There” — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“IG Farben's dividends double in the first year that its subsidiary sent Zyklon-B to gas death-camp” — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“The President would lead U.S. public opinion by defining the economic price Americans would have to pay if Hitler conquered Europe.” — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“On December 2, 1939, Vera learned that mobile gas chambers were used to murder patients in Poland's mental hospitals.” — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“But of course Hitler had long before declared war unofficially and secretly against America, his ultimate target. He had written: ‘Our strategy is to… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
