“You’ve got to choose a wish or command
At the turn of the tide”
"Maybe Not"
You Are Free (2003)
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Cat Power 3
American singer-songwriter and actress 1972Related quotes
“Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave.
Turning the tide, you know you are nobody's slave.”
Shaking the Tree
Song lyrics, Shaking the Tree (1990)
“The tide of war dose not recede just be cause we wish it to.”
Remarks to AJC Global Forum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHcr2baBftE&t=185s (12 May 2014)
2010s, 2014
"The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)", on Radio K.A.O.S. (1987)
“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
“This is the crap that our children are learningBut ooh, the tide is turning.”
"The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)", on Radio K.A.O.S. (1987)
Context: Who is the strongest, who is the best
Who holds the aces, the East or the West
This is the crap that our children are learningBut ooh, the tide is turning.
“The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!”
Order of the Day (2 June 1944), a message to troops before the Normandy landings http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/feature.pages/d.day.letters.htm, reported in Franklin Watts, Voices of History (1945), p. 260
1940s
Context: Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.
Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely.
But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!
I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle.
We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.
