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Brian Latell
Neville Chamberlain was the British Prime Minister in the years leading up to World War II. In 1938, Adolph Hitler hinted at his interest in invading the Sudetenland (an ethnically German region of Czechoslovakia). Fearing that the invasion would culminate in a world war, Chamberlain traveled to Germany to negotiate with Hitler to keep the peace. Hitler ensured Chamberlain that his interest lay only with the Sudetenland, the men signed an agreement, and Chamberlain returned to the U.K. satisfied with the negotiation. However, Hitler ended up breaking the agreement and invading Poland only months later. Gladwell examines how world leaders like Chamberlain who met Hitler in person could misread him so badly while other leaders, such as Winston Churchill, who never met Hitler, saw through his deceit.
Neville Chamberlain Quotes in Talking to Strangers
The Talking to Strangers quotes below are all either spoken by Neville Chamberlain or refer to Neville Chamberlain. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“Yesterday afternoon I had a long talk with Herr Hitler,” he said. “I feel satisfied now that each of us fully understands what is in the mind of the other.”
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We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy.
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Neville Chamberlain Quotes in Talking to Strangers
The Talking to Strangers quotes below are all either spoken by Neville Chamberlain or refer to Neville Chamberlain. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
“Yesterday afternoon I had a long talk with Herr Hitler,” he said. “I feel satisfied now that each of us fully understands what is in the mind of the other.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy.
