William Joyce Quotes

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To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space.

William Joyce

Space, Conquer, Pretending

"Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King".

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The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

William Joyce

People, Ruins, England

Broadcast on Radio Bremen, August 2, 1940.

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Watch over our child. Guide him safely from the ways of harm. Keep happy his heart, brave his soul, and rosy his cheeks. Guard with your life his hopes and dreams, for he is all that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be.

William Joyce

Dream, Children, Heart

William Joyce (2011). “The Man in the Moon”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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We know that England is crying for a leader, and that leader has emerged in the person of the greatest Englishman I have ever known, Sir Oswald Mosley... When the history of Europe comes to be written I can assure you that his name will not be second to either Mussolini or Hitler.

William Joyce

Europe, Names, Leader

William Joyce's speech at Brighton (March 1934) as quoted in Frederic Mullally "Fascism inside England" (p. 15), 1946.

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In death as in life, I defy the Jews who caused this last war [WW II], and I defy the powers of darkness which they represent. I am proud to die for my ideals, and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why.

William Joyce

Sorry, War, Son

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But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in.

William Joyce

Men, Evil, Weakness

William Joyce (2012). “The Guardians: Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King; E. Aster Bunnymund and the Warrior Eggs at the Earth's Core!; Toothiana, Queen of the Tooth Fairy Armies”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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But if you really love to write and you really love to tell stories and you really love to draw, you just have to keep doing it no matter what anybody says.

William Joyce

Writing, Stories, Matter

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you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.

William Joyce

Dream, Powerful, Needs

William Joyce, Laura Geringer (2011). “Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King”, p.224, Simon and Schuster

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Chuchill has renounced all British interests in Europe and those of his people who are not blind now realise that the pretext for this war was far removed from the cause of it, namely, the subservience of the so-called democratic politicians to their Jewish masters.

William Joyce

War, Europe, People

Broadcast on Radio Cologne, August 30, 1944.

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Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.

William Joyce

Heroism, Germany, Belief

William Joyce (2013). “Twilight Over England”, p.66, Black House Publishing Ltd

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If war breaks out, I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry.

William Joyce

War, Fighting, Would Be

"National Socialism Now". Pamphlet issued by the National Socialist League, circa 1938.

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I don't regard Jews as a class. I regard them as a privileged misfortune.

William Joyce

Class, Jew, Regard

William Joyce's speech at Chiswick (1934) as quoted in Francis Selwyn "Hitler's Englishman: Crime of Lord Haw-Haw" (p. 43), 1987.

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The possibilities were endless. Battles would be fought. Wonders revealed. Many journeys. Many lands. Many joys. Many sorrows. But stories all...

William Joyce

Journey, Land, Joy

William Joyce, Laura Geringer (2011). “Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

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His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another.

William Joyce

Inspirational, Motivational, Book

William Joyce (2012). “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: with audio recording”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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I know that I have been denounced as a traitor and I resent the accusation, as I conceive myself to have been guilty of no underhand or deceitful act against Britain, although I am also able to understand the resentment that my broadcasts have, in many quarters, aroused.

William Joyce

Able, Resentment, Guilty

Statement given by William Joyce under caution (May 31, 1945) as quoted in "The Trial of William Joyce" edited by J. W. Hall (p. 58), 1946.

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Life is made up of danger and heartbreak, I laugh in the face of both!

William Joyce

Laughing, Faces, Life Is

William Joyce, Laura Geringer (2011). “Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare King”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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I would gladly say 'Heil Hitler!' and at once part company with him, realizing what a pitiable insult it is to such a great man to try to flatter him with such an imitation which he has always disdained. His way is for Germany, ours is for Britain; let us tread our paths with mutual respect, which is rarely increased by borrowing.

William Joyce

Men, Trying, Germany

"National Socialism Now". Pamphlet issued by the National Socialist League, circa 1938.

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Germany calling! Germany Calling!

William Joyce

Germany, Calling

Habitual introduction to propaganda broadcasts to Britain during the Second World War

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You know, I hate to give advice because my life has been so odd that almost nothing that's happened to me can apply.

William Joyce

Hate, Giving, Advice

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I say, Ich liebe Deutschland! Heil Hitler! and farewell.

William Joyce

Farewell

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I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.

William Joyce

Kids, Adults, Too Much

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And I was lucky enough to have teachers that really, really looked out for me and really encouraged all that. And in rural Louisiana, that was a rare thing back then.

William Joyce

Teacher, Lucky, Louisiana

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I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.

William Joyce

Jobs, Kids, Unhappy

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If you really want to tell stories, do it and don't be dissuaded.

William Joyce

Stories, Want, Ifs

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Everyone's story matters.

William Joyce

Stories, Matter

William Joyce (2012). “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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