“Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.” — Sarah Sundin Copy Share Image
“June 6, 1944: Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on 'D-Day,' beginning the liberation of German-occupied western Europe during World… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since World War II, the rules-based international order created and maintained by the United States has benefited peoples around the globe and… — Mac Thornberry Copy Share Image
German people get very uptight if you mention World War II. Germans today feel that what's past is past, new generations don't… — Donna Summer Copy Share Image
“The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry… — Teresa R. Funke Copy Share Image
Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
I don't feel I was "born American," but my homeland was denied to me after the end of World War II and… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
I'd say my mother made more of a difference to me than anyone else did. I know that's a conventional and perhaps… — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
“Sweden’s position of neutrality during World War II put the country in the position of not defending its neighbors against German invasion.… — Christina Johansson Robinowitz Copy Share Image
Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
[My father ] came home from World War II and he voted for [Dwight] Eisenhower. He was pretty thoughtful about those things,… — Jeff Sessions Copy Share Image
When I was a young boy, during the aftermath of World War II, Germany was broken and in ruins. Many people were… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
“Let me quote once more from Tolkien’s lecture, which he delivered a few months before the fantasy-besotted Nazis started World War II.… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World… — Jim Bunning Copy Share Image
“After the Second World War, San Francisco was the main point of re-entry for sailors returning from the Pacific. Out at sea,… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort… — Ang Lee Copy Share Image
“The Everlasting Staircase" Jeffrey McDaniel When the call came, saying twenty-four hours to live, my first thought was: can't she postpone her… — Jeffrey McDaniel Copy Share Image
“Had I made the right decision to give up law school—the “safe” choice—to pursue my passion—a career in broadcast journalism? Would I… — Carmine Gallo Copy Share Image
“I came to see soldiers as men willing to lay down their lives for the sake of others. They fight for themselves… — Marcus Brotherton Copy Share Image
“Serbs don’t forget, as the graffito goes, the atrocities that the Croatian ustashas committed against them in World War II. That was… — Josip Novakovich Copy Share Image
“Known as "Ike,” Eisenhower was born prior to the Spanish American War on October 14, 1890. Graduating from West Point Military Academy… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
If you were to do the world championship of victimhood in modern times, then the finals would probably be between Jews and… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified… — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
“The historical significance of the fact that we were going out on a joint raid with German Special Operations was lost on… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
When antibiotics became industrially produced following World War II, our quality of life and our longevity improved enormously. No one thought bacteria… — Bonnie Bassler Copy Share Image
Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the… — Warren Christopher Copy Share Image
The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
My mother's family was among the 120,000 people of Japanese descent on the West Coast who were dispatched to internment camps during… — Michiko Kakutani Copy Share Image
“It is well to remember that the stomach governs the world," wrote Churchill when planning the feeding of his troops on the… — Cita Stelzer Copy Share Image
The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone. — Richard Holbrooke Copy Share Image
The international rules-based order in the wake of World War II is the order that has ensured prosperity and security now for… — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
“No thoughts had I of anything, Or at least that's what I thought; I even thought I couldn't think, But now I… — Christopher Miller Copy Share Image
When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it… — Don Kardong Copy Share Image
“You just got sprung." "Nig Rosewater out there?" Clete asked. "Nig Rosewater hasn't been up at this hour since World War II.” — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I had done a guerrilla in World War II, so I had some knowledge of, of the the village life, and the… — Roger Hilsman Copy Share Image
The detention of Japanese Americans during World War II would qualify as an example of majoritarian tyranny and misuse of executive prerogative,… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The Victorians, they were like the Germans in World War II. They could not stop recording details about their lives and their… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will… We must be the great arsenal of democracy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image