# Winter of the World ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/514iZ9rqCqL._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Ken Follett]] - Full Title: Winter of the World - Category: #books ## Highlights - Lloyd was not so sure. “They’ve closed opposition newspapers, thrown Reichstag deputies in jail, and corrupted the police,” he said. “And yet forty-four percent of Germans approve? I don’t find that reassuring.” ([Location 959](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=959)) - Who would have the courage to make a public protest about what was going on at Akelberg? Carla and Frieda had seen it with their own eyes, and they had Ilse König as a witness, but now they needed an advocate. There were no elected representatives anymore: all Reichstag deputies were Nazis. There were no real journalists, either, just scribbling sycophants. The judges were all Nazi appointees subservient to the government. Carla had never before realized how much she had been protected by politicians, newspapermen, and lawyers. Without them, she saw now, the government could do anything it liked, even kill people. ([Location 7315](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=7315)) - “Helpless babies and senile old people are all God’s children, and their lives are as sacred as yours and mine.” His voice rose in volume. “To kill them is a mortal sin!” He lifted his right arm and made a fist, and his voice shook with emotion. “I say to you that if we do nothing about it, we sin just as much as the doctors and nurses who administer the lethal injections. If we remain silent . . .” He paused. “If we remain silent, we are murderers too!” ([Location 7382](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=7382)) - Greg could not see why. “It seems so little,” he said. “All that effort—the leaders of two great countries brought together across thousands of miles, dozens of staffers, twenty-four ships, three days of talks—and all for a few words that don’t quite say what we want.” “We move by inches, not miles,” said Gus Dewar with a smile. “That’s politics.” ([Location 7725](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=7725)) - “A man thought he could fly, so he jumped off the top of a ten-story building, and as he fell past the fifth floor, flapping his arms uselessly in the air, he was heard to say: ‘So far, so good.’” ([Location 8143](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=8143)) - Charlie spread his hands in a gesture of bafflement. “Why did they have to attack us anyway?” “We stole their money.” “Froze their assets.” “They can’t see the difference. And we cut off their oil. We had them up against the wall. They were facing ruin. What were they to do?” “They should have given in, and agreed to withdraw from China.” “Yes, they should. But if it was America that was being pushed around and told what to do by some other country, would you want us to give in?” ([Location 8687](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=8687)) - She had quoted Lenin: “Who controls Berlin, controls Germany; and who controls Germany, controls Europe.” ([Location 11971](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=11971)) - He remembered his mother’s advice. “You never win a vote by proving the constituent a fool. Be charming, be modest, and don’t lose your temper. If a voter is hostile and rude, thank him for his time and go away. You’ll leave him thinking maybe he misjudged you.” ([Location 12253](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=12253)) - The sins of the fathers are visited on the daughters.” ([Location 13063](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B007FEFLTO&location=13063))