Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives. — Ernst Hanfstaengl Copy Share Image
It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
The Bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives. — William D. Leahy Copy Share Image
The American People in their Righteous Might will win through to Absolute Victory. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“These trials aren't about revenge. They're about justice. Don't you want justice , Rose Justice?” — Elizabeth Wein Copy Share Image
In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Gentlemen, you are about to witness the most famous victory in history. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“One of them was Fritz Thyssen, one of the earliest and biggest contributors to the party. Fleeing the "Nazi regime has ruined… — William L. Shirer Copy Share Image
Sure, we want to go home. We want this war over with. The quickest way to get it over with is to… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - No matter how long it may take us to overcome… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The battle is going very heavily against us. We're being crushed by the enemy weight. We are facing very difficult days, perhaps… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
The Prime Minister wins debate after debate and loses battle after battle. The country is beginning to say that he fights debates… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
“There are criminals everywhere these days, you know. One might end up missing the police! Who would have thought that possible?” The… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“That they were torn from mistakes they had no chance to fix; everything unfinished. All the sins of love without detail, detail… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
“If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But… — Jan Masaryk Copy Share Image
“Hope, belief, and despair are not simply moods. They change our physical performance. They alter how quickly we react, how hard we… — M T Anderson Copy Share Image
Dresden? There is not such a place any longer." "I want to point out, that besides Essen, we never actually considered any… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
...the existence and increase of our race and nation, the sustenance of its children and the purity of its blood, the freedom… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“It seemed impossible that men with hearts and brains were capable of it. Such devastation of cities, so many innocent lives lost.… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“My pillowcases were totally full and the boots hanging around my neck added to the weight I was carrying, but I was… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
No amphibious attack in history has approached this one in size. Along miles of coastline there were hundreds of vessels and small… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“What could I do in the country, Frank? You want me to be a milkmaid or something. No, I’ll take my chances… — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
“Long ago she'd clamped an iron shell around her heart and nothing and no one could pry it lose, but deep inside… — Sarah Sundin Copy Share Image
In the burning and devastated cities, we daily experienced the direct impact of war. It spurred us to do our utmost...the bombing… — Albert Speer Copy Share Image
“Everything changed, and eleven months later, here I was in the middle of the night with a gungho major, playing secret agent,… — James R. Benn Copy Share Image
Mussolini is quite humiliated because our troops have not moved a step forward. Even today they have not succeeded in advancing and… — Galeazzo Ciano Copy Share Image
The German people in its whole character is not warlike, but rather soldierly, that is, while they do not want war, they… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
They have given their sons to the military services. They have stoked the furnaces and hurried the factory wheels. They have made… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
THEY FOUGHT TOGETHER AS BROTHERS-IN-ARMS. THEY DIED TOGETHER AND NOW THEY SLEEP SIDE BY SIDE. TO THEM WE HAVE A SOLEMN OBLIGATION. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
“My name’s Alis K. From now on you will be Willy. Come on, let’s push the bicycles for a bit.” Ingrid aka… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
For a time, the Flying Tigers provided the only victories against the Japanese anywhere in the Far East... This handful of men… — Duane P. Schultz Copy Share Image
We hoped to land a wild cat that would tear out the bowels of the Boche. Instead we have stranded a vast… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
My strength has now been reduced to the equivalent of 36 squadrons...we should be able to carry on the war single-handed for… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe. — Vasily Chuikov Copy Share Image
Like so many of our people, we have now had a personal experience of German barbarity which only strengthens the resolution of… — George VI Copy Share Image