Immortal Great War Quote 44

Immortal Great War Quote 44

Quote mark Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policeman on the beat, the man in the street. Quote mark

American president Woodrow Wilson, on the evening before declaring war on Germany

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