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> [ If future generations ask us what we are fighting for \[in World War Two\], we shall tell them the story of Lidice. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/if-future-generations-ask-us-what-we-are-fighting-for-in-world-war/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

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## More by Frank Knox

> [Modern warfare is an intricate business about which no one knows everything and few know very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/modern-warfare-is-an-intricate-business-about-which-no-one-knows/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/i-believe-with-all-my-heart-that-civilization-has-produced-nothing/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/i-suspect-that-even-today-with-all-the-progress-we-have-made-in/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [Patriotism was a living fire of unquestioned belief and purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/patriotism-was-a-living-fire-of-unquestioned-belief-and-purpose/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/i-believe-with-all-my-heart-that-civilization-has-produced-nothing-2/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [It is simply unthinkable that we will ever again send overseas a great expeditionary force of armed men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/it-is-simply-unthinkable-that-we-will-ever-again-send-overseas-a/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/some-one-has-said-that-most-of-us-don-t-think-we-just-occasionally/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [God did not intend the human family to be wafted to heaven on flowery beds of ease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/god-did-not-intend-the-human-family-to-be-wafted-to-heaven-on-flowery/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [ If future generations ask us what we are fighting for \[in World War Two\], we shall tell them the story of Lidice. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/if-future-generations-ask-us-what-we-are-fighting-for-in-world-war/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/no-matter-what-happens-the-u-s-navy-is-not-going-to-be-caught-napping/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

> [We and our allies owe and acknowledge an ever-lasting debt of gratitude to the armies and people of the Soviet Union.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-knox/we-and-our-allies-owe-and-acknowledge-an-ever-lasting-debt-of/)

[Frank Knox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-knox/)

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