"Hitler had a police state of the first order. And those who showed any sign of being weak-kneed faced prison or often summary execution. That prevented a lot of people who knew that the war was not going to turn out well for Germany from giving up."

-- Rick Atkinson

#Giving Up Quotes #War Quotes #Order Quotes

“If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.”

Source : Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.110, Book Tree
“When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.”
“The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.”
“True change is within; leave the outside as it is.”
“To live is to play at the meaning of life...The upshot of this . . . is that it teaches us once and for all that childlike foolishness is the calling of mature men.”
“My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he'd be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets.”
“We desire justice, and justice has never been obtained in haste and strong feeling.”

Source : Walter Van Tilburg Clark (2011). “The Ox-Bow Incident”, p.30, Modern Library
“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”

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