“History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and… — 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
