Quote#Politics & Power
From the day Hitler came to power, I have felt that the democratic…
Quote byErnest Bevin · 1881–1951
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to the Executive Council of the Transport and General Workers' Union (March 1937), quoted in Alan Bullock, Ernest Bevin: Trade Union Leader, 1881–1940 (1960), p. 592.
English (original)
From the day Hitler came to power, I have felt that the democratic countries would have to face war... I cannot see any way of stopping Hitler and the other dictators except by force.
— Ernest Bevin
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