„War is horrible, but slavery is worse, and you may be sure that the British people would rather go down fighting than live in servitude.“

— Winston S. Churchill

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„Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„It could be worse,' Passini said respectfully. "There is nothing worse than war."Defeat is worse."I do not believe it," Passini said still respectfully. "What is defeat? You go home.“
— Ernest Hemingway