The British were gentlemen. Never think you could use such non violence on someone like Adolph Hitler.
I too remember well that sentence, although in my memory it was Joseph Stalin. But the two are conceptually equivalent.
You are probably right. In both ways. I just think people pass off something’s that politicians say and do while not recognizing the impact it may later have if they are not stopped. Stalin included. Although since he helped rid the world of other tyrants he was somewhat overlooked. Trump and his ‘heroes’ Putin, Xi and Jung Un do not have the same credentials. But like Stalin they all encourage totalitarianism.