Quotes by William Manchester, The Last Lion 2: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-40

“They were following their prime minister, matching their government's mood.”

“The author points out that novices to total war, and this Hitler and the British press have in common, overreact to daily events and lose sight of overall strategy.”

“The present is never tidy, or certain, or reasonable, and those who try to make it so once it becomes the past succeed only in making it seem implausible.”