„One may dislike Hitler’s system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations.“

— Winston S. Churchill

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„I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations. I am sorry, however, that he has not been mellowed by the great success that has attended him. The whole world would rejoice to see the Hitler of peace and tolerance, and nothing would adorn his name in world history so much as acts of magnanimity and of mercy and of pity to the forlorn and friendless, to the weak and poor. … Let this great man search his own heart and conscience before he accuses anyone of being a warmonger.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„In repudiating extremism, we need to recommit ourselves to a few common-sense principles that should transcend partisan differences.First, we cannot enhance our own security if we place in jeopardy what is most precious to us, namely the centrality of human rights in our daily lives and in global affairs.Second, we cannot maintain our historic self-confidence as a people if we generate public panic.Third, we cannot do our duty as citizens and patriots if we pursue an agenda that polarizes and divides our country.Next, we cannot be true to ourselves if we mistreat others.And finally, in the world at large, we cannot lead if our leaders mislead.“
— Jimmy Carter