James
That "Quote" could have been uttered by any of the Totalitarian dictators in 1941.
I remember in 1978 I was SDO at Northolt. I walked into the Bar in the Officers Mess just as "Joe" Kmiecick (our resident Polish Pilot) announced that the next round was on him. This was an unusual occurrence and someone asked what the occasion was - the answer was the best "one-liner" I have ever heard:
" Today is the 37th anniversary of my being sentenced to death by the Russians"
Luckily for Joe, the day after the "Sentence" the Germans invaded the USSR and in the confusion Joe escaped and walked across the USSR to Murmansk where (he always maintained) he joined the British Army. After docking in UK he unfortunately got on the wrong lorry and became a Fighter Pilot instead!!