Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 408 |
| AUTHOR: | Emilio Mola (1887–1937) |
| QUOTATION: | Fifth Column. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | A fully documented account of the term, its spread, its popularity, and its change of meaning may be found in Dwight L. Bolinger, “Fifth Column Marches On,” American Speech, February 1944, pp. 47–49. The first use in English, in a report from Spain, appears in The New York Times, October 17, 1936, p. 9, col. 4. |
| SUBJECTS: | Defense |