Here is my history test revision:
"There has been a lot of arguements, the say as to whether Dear Old England should have gone into the Fray, but right thinking people all wanted her to fight, for when there's shady business, Britannia puts it right" E Scott - The Official History of Australia in the War 1914-1918
"There are no longer liberalites and labourites, there are simply Australians who have vowed to keep the Union Jack flying" The Brisbane Courier, pg 6, 6th August 1914
"We will stand by [the mother country] to help and defend her to our last man and our last shilling" Andrew Fisher, The Argus, 1st August 1914
"When the Empire is at war, so is Australia at war" Joseph Cook, August 3rd 1914
"As Australia was at war, it was my duty as a free young man to enlist"
"My motives for enlisting were...a sense of duty to Australia"
"...Here was an opportunity to see the other side of the world"
"...what life would be like if Germany won"
All J.N.I Dawes & L.L Robson, Citizen to Soldier, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1977
BET YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING ME TO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE WITH MY PROCRASTINATION TIME! Those are the quotes I've remembered so far as to personal and political reasons for going to war. I hate this topic so much. So, so, so much.
And meanwhile, on 24, Jack Bauer is BEING FUCKING HARDCORE. Like seriously, recovering for bullet wounds and "I only take commands from the president directly" shit. And also, I hate this show. Unlike How I Met Your Mother, which I'm watching again now for the third time. Come on, it's a marathon. And it has a musical number - or is it just me who's a sucker for musical numbers, particularly when combined with Neil Patrick Harris? Just me, then.
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