I have never seen the quote, but in November of 1936, WSC was a washed up, out of government ex-minister who was in the process of wasting most of his remaining political capital on a fruitless and futile attempt to save Edward VIII's throne.
My Blog "Towards the government I feel no scruples and would dodge paying the tax if I could. Yet I would give my life for England readily enough, if I thought it necessary. No one is patriotic about taxes." -- George Orwell, Wartime Diary, September 8, 1940. Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:03:33 -0500 Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Francis Neilson's The Tragedy of Europe From: [email protected] To: [email protected] I just read through Neilson's article on JSTOR as well. Neilson contends that prior to March 1939, Hitler was no more a tyrant than any other European leader. He identifies the guarantee to Poland as the point in which Hitler was forced into tyrany. Neilson concludes his article with a often repeated quote: It was in November 1936, that Churchill and General Robert Wood lunched together in London, when Churchill said, "Germany getting too strong and we must smash her." Perhaps this was the real reason why Hitler later became a tyrant. Has anyone seen the source of this quote? Every book I've seen this quote references another book which references another book, but never the source document. Scott Manning Philadelphia, PA http://www.digitalsurvivors.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_022009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
