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• ‟ I know I will be severely criticized by the interventionists in America when I say we should not enter a war unless we have a reasonable chance of winning.

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• ‟ It is not that I believe ideals are unimportant, even among the realities of war; but if a nation is to survive in a hostile world, its ideals must be backed by the hard logic of military practicability.

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• ‟ There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war.

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• ‟ Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to observe European aviation - especially in its military aspects.

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• ‟ National polls showed that when England and France declared war on Germany, in 1939, less than 10 percent of our population favored a similar course for America.

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• ‟ In time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

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• ‟ You ask what my conclusions are, rereading my journals and looking back on World War II from the vantage point of quarter century in time? We won the war in a military sense; but in a broader sense, it seems to me we lost it, for our Western civilization is less respected and secure than it was before.

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• ‟ There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.

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• ‟ Even if America entered the war, it is improbable that the Allied armies could invade Europe and overwhelm the Axis powers. But one thing is certain. If England can draw this country into the war, she can shift to our shoulders a large portion of the responsibility for waging it and for paying its cost.

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• ‟ I hope my journals relating to World War II will help clarify issues of the past and thereby contribute to understanding the issues and conditions of the present and future.

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• ‟ There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war. There is no shorter road to defeat than by entering a war with inadequate preparation.

  - Charles Lindbergh