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> [ “In Europe, Murrow observed to his wife, people were dying and "a thousand years of civilization \[were\] being smashed" while America remained on the sidelines. How could one possibly be objective or neutral about that?” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/in-europe-murrow-observed-to-his-wife-people-were-dying-and-a/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

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## More by Lynne Olson

> [“their mother.” All over England, other citadels of the British class system were falling to the Poles. One 303 Squadron pilot, shot down during…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/their-mother-all-over-england-other-citadels-of-the-british-class/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“we’re inclined to say what we think, even when we have not thought very much.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/we-re-inclined-to-say-what-we-think-even-when-we-have-not-thought/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [ “In Europe, Murrow observed to his wife, people were dying and "a thousand years of civilization \[were\] being smashed" while America remained on the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/in-europe-murrow-observed-to-his-wife-people-were-dying-and-a/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Not until the twenty-first century did the British government finally acknowledge officially that the Poles had indeed played a role in breaking Enigma. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/not-until-the-twenty-first-century-did-the-british-government-finally/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“On your marks, he had said to the nation, for a race with destiny.… Get set for the greatest effort of our history. Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/on-your-marks-he-had-said-to-the-nation-for-a-race-with-destiny-get/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“On June 8, 1946, Britain staged an elaborate victory parade, inviting armed forces from more than thirty Allied nations to London in a joyous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/on-june-8-1946-britain-staged-an-elaborate-victory-parade-inviting/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“At the Yalta Conference in early 1945, Franklin Roosevelt had made it clear that he had little interest in further close collaboration or partnership…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/at-the-yalta-conference-in-early-1945-franklin-roosevelt-had-made-it/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema noted that "through the entire war, one dream never left us, not for single day : our homecoming to Holland as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/erik-hazelhoff-roelfzema-noted-that-through-the-entire-war-one-dream/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Soon after joining the agency, Marks set out to lessen the danger. His first step was to get rid of the codes that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/soon-after-joining-the-agency-marks-set-out-to-lessen-the-danger-his/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Those who thought of collaboration in simplistic terms could not comprehend the reality of trying to survive in an uncivilized, unstable environment in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/those-who-thought-of-collaboration-in-simplistic-terms-could-not/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Two months earlier, Victor de Laveleye, the organizer of BBC programs to Belgium, had urged his compatriots to demonstrate their resistance to German rule…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/two-months-earlier-victor-de-laveleye-the-organizer-of-bbc-programs/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“In 1945, the schoolchildren of Arnhem volunteered to care for the graves of the more than 1,700 Allied dead, mostly Britons and Poles, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/in-1945-the-schoolchildren-of-arnhem-volunteered-to-care-for-the/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“It seems to me that the only way to strengthen the morale of the people whose morale is worth strengthening, is to tell them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/it-seems-to-me-that-the-only-way-to-strengthen-the-morale-of-the/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

> [“Again and again, the question was asked: What made the Poles so good? The answer wasn’t simple. Generally older than their British counterparts, most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-olson/again-and-again-the-question-was-asked-what-made-the-poles-so-good/)

[Lynne Olson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-olson/)

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