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“Having begun their protest by demanding that the realm should be governed only by ‘native-born men’, the opposition now insisted on nothing less than the total expulsion of all foreigners, ‘never to return’.”
― Marc Morris, A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

“Only the appointment of yet another prime minister, who declared that he would not pursue membership of the pact, bought an uneasy calm.”
― James Barr, Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East

“How refreshing it is’, wrote Stauffenberg, ‘to get away from this atmosphere to surroundings where men give of their best without a thought, and give their lives too, without a murmur of complaint, while the leaders and those who should set an example quarrel and quibble about their own prestige, or haven’t the courage to speak their minds on a question which affects the lives of thousands of their fellow men.’ Paulus either did not notice, or more likely he deliberately ignored, the coded message.”
― Antony Beevor, Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943

“Our period of occupation did the country little permanent good, for all the selfless work of many devoted Englishmen and so many good intentions.”
― James Barr, Lords of the Desert: Britain's Struggle with America to Dominate the Middle East