"The tongue is a fire" -- Adolf Hitler knew all about that. Just look at that old
documentary footage of his Nuremberg rallies: the clipped, staccato speech, the eyes
glowing like two black coals, the angry forefinger stabbing the air -- then wave upon
wave of sheer adulation from the crowd, shouting, "Sieg heil! Sieg heil!" It was only
words that Hitler spoke; yet those words packed sufficient power to set a continent
ablaze, and then a world. Millions perished.
On the other side of the English Channel stood Winston Churchill: hand on hip, watch on