1939 Quotes

“The peace proposal boils down to the simple proposition that a burglar should be confirmed in his loot and given complete indemnity, in return for which he offers a conditional promise to cease housebreaking.”
― Robert Kee, 1939: The World We Left Behind

“newspapers do provide invaluable historical evidence not only of forgotten events but also of the way things looked before later events made them look different. And that is as much a part of history as the way things actually were.”
― Robert Kee, 1939: The World We Left Behind