Philippe Pétain Quotes
To make a union with Great Britain would be fusion with a corpse.
Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal and politician, 1856-1951, Comment on hearing Churchill’s suggestion for an Anglo-French union, 1914
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Given the time, Mill’s view on the colonies were appreciated by few Englishmen, but turned out to be exactly predict the British reality a century later.
He was addressing the Conservatives of Ulster, the Northern Ireland province that was the center of the Orangemen movement of Irish Protestants who were fighting to retain 'Protestant Ascendency' -- which was the social, political and cultural domination of the Protestants (the minority) over the Catholics (the majority). This was best achieved by keeping Ireland a part of Great Britain as opposed to having Ireland as a separate, independent country.
He persuaded many other rulers to join the Indian Union when India became Independent.
This speech to over 100,000 people galvanized the Indian nationalists They had been asking the British to change the constitution to give India more independence. Churchill was opposed to any policy that would diminish the British Empire, but needed the Indians as men of India served in the British Army in every major theater of WWII. So instead of saying "No" Churchill held out the possibility but at a later time. He argued that it was inopportune to alter the Constitution in the midst of a world war.
This resolution was the trigger that began the debate which became the Declaration of Independence.
Even into the 21st century, the problem was not solved and Muslims from Pakistan continue their futile but tragic terrorist tactics to try and acquire more territory from India." 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Hobson, like Mark Twain in America, was a major critic of imperialism.
Ultranationalist Secret Organization. Unlike the Italian Black hand for whom it was named, the Serbs were not interested in money. The were a right wing death squad that assassinated all who opposed a single, unitary, Serbian nation. Dimitrijevic was executed in 1917.
This resolution of independence was voted upon a month before the Declaration of Independence. It was approved by 12 of the colonies but not by New York. The Congress appointed a committee to draft what became the Declaration of Independence and that was approved by all the colonies. The resolution was introduced by Richard Henry Lee on instructions from Virginia. The graphic is of Lee’s original notes.
Nostradamus made thousands of prophecies most of which seem not to have occurred as he predicted. However there were a few that some people believe predicted later events. In this case some think that he predicted the colonization and independence of America.
Under the treaty between Ireland and England that created the Irish free state, in case of war or other contingency, the Irish Free State was required to allow Great Britain to use specific seaports. However, De Valera hated the English, originally opposed the treaty, and was adamant that the Irish Free State be neutural in WWII. He therefore refused to fulfill the Irish obligation. For Churchill this was the last chance for De Valera to show that the Irish Free State was a real nation with rights and obligations. Interestingly, although De Valera did not want to assist the British fighting the Germans, over 70,000 Irishmen went to England and Volunteered to fight on the British side. There were Irish batallions fighting on the allied side but the Irish Free State was neutural. De Valera made matters worse when he allowed German agents into the Irish Free State to try and go from there to England as well as set up observation posts to guide German bombers attacking the populated city of Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland. See {639724} for Chirchill’s later reflective commentary on the situation.
Hobson, like Mark Twain in America, was a major critic of imperialism.
Henri Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, generally known as Philippe Pétain (/peɪˈtæ̃/, French: [filip petɛ̃]), Marshal Pétain (Maréchal Pétain) and sometimes, The Old Marshal (Le Vieux Maréchal), was a French general officer who attained the position of Marshal of France at the end of World War I, during which he became known as The Lion of Verdun (Le Lion de Verdun). In collaboration with Nazi Germany, he then served as the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944. Pétain, who was 84 years old in 1940, ranks as France's oldest head of state.
