“A soldier remains a child in certain ways and in other ways he’s so old.  He has no age.  He is as old as the most ancient events on earth: Cain murdering Abel, cannibal rituals, the Stone Age…” 
– Irene Nemirovsky, “Suite Francais”

“Our memory reaches back to recorded history. The book of memories still lies open, and you here now are the hand that holds the pen. If you succeed, for the first time in our history we will judge our executioner, and we will ward off any who may wish to follow his example. If you fail, he escapes justice, perhaps forever. I beg you, do not fail.”
– “Operation Finale”