Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get back home and you may thank God for it. Thirty years from now, when you're sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he asks you, "What did you do in the great World War II?" you won't have to say, "Well...I shoveled shit in Louisiana."

General George S. Patton Jr.

Patton

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Regrets World War II

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General George S. Patton Jr.

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

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Betty Friedan
Source
The Feminine Mystique
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. W. W. Norton & Company, 1963, ch. 1.

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In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.

Winston Churchill

The Second World War

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Magnanimity in war World War II

Author

Winston Churchill
Source
The Second World War
Genre
Historical literature
Language
English
Time
20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Moral of the Work." The Second World War. Vol. 1, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1948.