Quotes for All
Our policy is to give all possible material aid to the nations that still resist aggression across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. And we make it abundantly clear that we intend to commit none of the fatal errors of appeasement. We have the thought that in this nation of many states we have found the … Read more
Chamberlain’s visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years. Franklin D. Roosevelt
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. There can be no appeasement with ruthlessness. There can be no reasoning with an incendiary bomb. Franklin D. Roosevelt
\”Appeasement\” is the policy of feeding your friends to a crocodile, one at a time, in hopes that the crocodile will eat you last. Franklin D. Roosevelt
No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it. Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. … Read more
They will do more whether we do what we’re doing or whether we don’t do what we’re doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we’re doing or some implication that by doing what we’re doing we’re inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It’s just – … Read more
Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive. Dean Rusk
Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender. Chuck Hagel
Giving in to the forces of low ambition would be an act of climate appeasement. This is our Munich moment. Chris Huhne