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"In the end," Merkel said, "you can't fool the workers. Takes 'em maybe a long time to wake up with the newspapers saying lies all the time, but you can't fool 'em."

— Alvah Bessie Men in Battle (1939)

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Sunny Spain, land of mañana, where nothing was done today that could be put off till tomorrow!

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You cannot really believe in the existence of a foreign country until you see it.

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Those Americans who went to Spain to fight Franco and stave off World War II have never minded being called "premature anti-fascists." They were proud of the label.

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Ahead, muffled by distance, was the sound of artillery in the night- always more terrifying than it is by day, though less effective.

Fear is real and there is nothing you can do about it except to keep functioning, keep your hands and legs and body moving, your mind focused on the task at hand.

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