“ Raeder, the political admiral, stealthily built up the German Navy in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, and then put it to use in a series of aggressions which he had taken a leading part in planning. Erich Raeder
“ ... the basic principles of the military services are unchangeable. Courage and candor, obedience and comradeship, love of fatherland and loyalty to the State: these are ever the distinguishing characteristics of the soldier and sailor. Building character through intelligent training and education is always the first and greatest goal. Erich Raeder
“ I realized how for all of us who came of age in the late sixties and early seventies the war was a defining experience. You went o r you didn't, but the fact of it and the decisions it forced us to make marked us for the rest of our lives, just as the depression and World War II had marked my parents. Linda Grant Novelist
“ God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness. Henry Ward Beecher Minister
“ The most dangerous moment of the War, and the one which caused me the greatest alarm, was when the Japanese Fleet was heading for Ceylon and the naval base there. The capture of Ceylon, the consequent control of the Indian Ocean, and the possibility at the same time of a German conquest of Egypt would have closed the ring and the future would have been black. Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
“ Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. Elihu Root Former U.S. Senator
“ The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. John Foster Dulles Former U.S. Senator
“ War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. H. L. Mencken Journalist
“ War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality. John Mccain United States Senator