Knute Nelson Quotes
The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.
Nelson, Knute. Quoted in The Life of Knute Nelson, by Martin W. Odland, The Lund Press, 1926.
The phrase was picked up by the press, and then became the title to a patriotic song of World War II.
Winston Churchill utilized this quotation in his first radio address as Prime Minister, May 19, 1940
When he was in Italy during World War I, the congressman "promised" the Italians that they would regain control of the port of Fiume after the war. It was not to be and he was criticized for promising too much:
For a man of God, Davies was a military hawk of his day. See {599233} .
Trumbo was morally opposed to war. He also refused to name Hollywood communists to Congressional Committees during the Red Scare. He was then blacklisted from his occupation, screen writing.
The Chinese were massacred when the Japanese invaded with atrocities against civilians that were inconceivable until Hitler began his in Europe. However, there were many Chinese we worked against the Japanese including the Communists who made a truce with Chiang (see {636322}) so that they could oust the Japanese invaders.
Knute Nelson was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesota legislatures and to the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Minnesota, and served as the 12th governor of Minnesota from 1893 to 1895. Having served in the Senate for 28 years, 55 days, he is the longest-serving Senator in Minnesota's history.
