If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival.

There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." 1948 Sir Winston Churchill

 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill whose mother, Lady Churchill, was born in Brooklyn, said: ""You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."