Mila 18 Quotes

“All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“Who is left in the ghetto is the one man in a thousand in any age, in any culture, who through some mysterious workings of force within his soul will stand in defiance against any master. He is that one human in a thousand whose indomitable spirit will not bow. He is the one man in a thousand whose indomitable spirit cannot bow. He is the one man in a thousand who will not walk quietly to Umschlagplatz. Watch out for him, Alfred Funk, we have pushed him to the wall.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“Know from where you come. Before you know who you are and where you are going, you must know from where you come.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“Truth is only what people want to believe and nothing more.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“permanent positions. Joint Fighters shrank”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“Truth is what people want to believe and nothing more.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“The Nazis took bullies and bums and made them heroes. In exchange, the bums gave absolute obedience. There was no qualm or remorse or inner conflicts of conscience when Schreiker was asked to destroy a synagogue or murder”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“and the righteous cowed and the evil grew bold.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“si una mentira se repetía con la frecuencia suficiente, hasta los que sabían que era una mentira la consideraban pronto como si fuese verdad.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“It’s clear.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18

“So anyhow, all your goddamn poets will write tired sonnets about the good old days when the noblemen kicked the piss out of the peasants and the peasants kicked the piss out of the Jews.”
― Leon Uris, Mila 18