Appeasement Quotes

Concede. Surrender. Then pay the price. Appeasement. A policy in which concessions are offered to an enemy. Or an adversary. In the hope of avoiding conflict. It is often mentioned in historical contexts. As a betrayal of principles. Or a weakness that leads to a greater disaster. It is an illusion of peace. That buys short-term time. At the cost of a long and painful future. These quotes explore the lessons of this approach. And its steep cost to individuals and nations.

Quote by Winston Churchill: The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion...
The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.
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— Winston Churchill
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Quote by Margaret Thatcher: Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased....
Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.
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— Margaret Thatcher
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Quote by Winston Churchill: The acts we engage in for appeasment today, we will have to remedy at far greater cost and remorse t...
The acts we engage in for appeasment today, we will have to remedy at far greater cost and remorse tomorrow.
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— Winston Churchill
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Quote by Ronald Reagan: A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the...
A broader reading of history shows that appeasement, no matter how it is labeled, never fulfills the hopes of the appeasers.
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— Ronald Reagan
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Quote by Ronald Reagan: If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer....
If it's to be a bloodbath, let it be now. Appeasement is not the answer.
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— Ronald Reagan
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Quote by Winston Churchill: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last....
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
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— Winston Churchill
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Quote by 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.
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— Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Quote by Winston Churchill: They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last....
They feed the crocodile in the hope that he will eat them last.
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— Winston Churchill
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Quote by Margaret Thatcher: I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air....
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
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— Margaret Thatcher
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Quote by John Kennedy: The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm ...
The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm our embassy. So, when my Democratic friends say we need appeasement, well appeasement hasn't worked. And I think that we've learned, with respect to Iran, that weakness invites the wolves.
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— John Kennedy
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Quote by Winston Churchill: Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last....
Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.
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— Winston Churchill
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Quote by Winston Churchill: Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them h...
Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely.
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— Winston Churchill
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