“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. The only guide to a man is his conscience;… — 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… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“In the November 1940 week of nightmares, when mighty German planes bombed London, British bombers retaliated by attacking Berlin, where the Soviet foreign minister,… — William Stevenson Copy Share Image
“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
