“The poor died first and last in World War I, World War II, and Korea, and fifty-eight thousand Americans died in Vietnam,… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Rejected names for World War II: 'Global Super Killfest', 'Germaniacal Japandamonium', 'World War 1: New Moon'. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Both of my grandfathers served in World War II, both in the Pacific. One wouldn't talk about it, and one would. — Nancy Dubuc Copy Share Image
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World… — Philip J. Davis Copy Share Image
The Japanese Prime Minister has apologized for Japan's part in World War II. However, he still hasn't mentioned anything about karaoke. — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on… — Pat Morita Copy Share Image
This system, built on free markets, free trade and free peoples and American protection, that's what got us from the end of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You ask what my conclusions are, rereading my journals and looking back on World War II from the vantage point of quarter… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
World War II is smothered in sentimentality and nostalgia. What's interesting about Vietnam is that sentimentality is just not there, so you're… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
I am encyclopaedic on World War II. My dad took me to D-Day beaches when I was a kid. I was there… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I was born in London in England in 1934. I went through, as a child, the horrors of World War II, through… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I had been a guerrilla leader in World War II. And I used to say that the way to fight the guerrilla… — Roger Hilsman Copy Share Image
“Caine, Philip D. Aircraft Down! Evading Capture in WWII Europe. Virginia: Potomac Books, 1997. Champlain, Héléne de. The Secret War of Helene… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“Sir Winston Churchill was born into the respected family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His mother Jeanette, was an attractive American-born British… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
“Another study that winds up in half the textbooks makes the same point, if more subtly. The subjects of the “experiment” were… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
“Most American view World War II nostalgically as the "good war," in which the United States and its allies triumphed over German… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
“The QSMV Dominion Monarch was launched in 1938 to be a luxury passenger liner. Designed with refrigerated cargo holds, she was built… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
“I found myself surrounded by really old veterans wearing hats that said, "Retired Marine - SEMPER FI." These hats didn't appear to… — Mollie Gross Copy Share Image
“When America began, government cost every citizen $20 (in [2003] money) per year. Taxes rose during wars, but for most of the… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
“Scientists expected that the Super, a fusion or "thermonuclear" weapon, would be an awesomely destructive horror that could unleash the equivalent of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
Since the end of the World War II, the United States has fought three "small" wars...we lost all three of them and… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
“Who's Thyrza?" Molly asked. "What? Oh, some World War II femme fatale. Amelia Beauregard's boyfriend ran away with her." "That was my… — Kirsten Miller Copy Share Image
Dunkirk has fallen... with it has ended the greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua… — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs… — Graham Chapman Copy Share Image
I have no patience with anyone born after World War II. You have to explain everything to these people. — Selma Diamond Copy Share Image
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I've given up reading the papers. Since the world's so obviously bent on killing itself, I decided months ago to sit back… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies; they say the United States… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
So, I mean, what's it like being old? It's gotta be weird, right? I mean, you saw a lotta stuff go down.… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was… — Paul Smith Copy Share Image
![“When America began, government cost every citizen $20 (in [2003] money) per year. Taxes rose during wars, but for most of the life of America, spending never exceeded a few hundred dollars per person. During World War II, government got much bigger. It was supposed to shrink again after the war…” quote by John Stossel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/420/john-stossel-5146_every-man_when-america-began-government-cost-every_2163596.jpg)
