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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
- J. F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 1961.

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I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.
FDR, War Speech, Dec. 8 1942.
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My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time.
Neville Chamberlain at Heston Airport in September 1938
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Does the race war in America count as a failed prediction?
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Amen, I say to you, this generation [then current] will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. (Mark 13:30-31 NAB)
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This failed prediction is best highlighted by quoting part of the speech given by Sir Winston Churchill in December 1941 to the Canadian parliament called "Preparation - Liberation - Assault"



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The French Government had at their own suggestion solemnly bound themselves with us not to make a separate peace. It was their duty and it was also their interest to go to North Africa, where they would have been at the head of the French Empire ....


But their generals misled them. When I warned them that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet,

"In three weeks England will have her neck wrung like a chicken."

Some chicken; some neck.
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