[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
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same… — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“But in a society with no central motivation, so far adrift and puzzled with itself that its President feels called upon to… — Hunter S Thompson Copy Share Image
“During discussions in his office, Bradlee frequently picked up an undersize sponge-rubber basketball from the table and tossed it toward a hoop… — Carl Bernstein Copy Share Image
“It is my fault, and the fault of everyone of my generation. I wonder what the future generations will say about us.… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
“Compared to many other prominent conservatives, Nisbet was more consistent in his condemnation of a unitary, powerful, and centralized state. Specifically, he… — George Hawley Copy Share Image
“Most dramatically, the Bridge served as an agonizing or exhilarating psychological symbol for the more than 1.2 million servicemen and women who… — Kevin Starr Copy Share Image
“During World War II, the U.S. military was shipping so much meat overseas to feed troops and allies that a domestic shortage… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II.… — Len Morgan Copy Share Image
You read in any war stories - World War II, whatever - that there are many, many heroes. There are the main… — Dave Filoni 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
A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Wars of necessity are essentially unavoidable. They involve the most important national interests, a lack of promising alternatives to the use of… — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
“Only in the Soviet Union did women carry arms and engage in routine front-line combat duty on a large scale during World… — Bill Yenne Copy Share Image
In the US. Infantry Manual published during World War II, the soldier was told what to do if a live grenade fell… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
To be sure, Kennedy did not discount the importance of words in rallying the nation to meet its foreign and domestic challenges.… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the reason, whether it was that Hitler thought he might get away with what he had got without fighting… — Neville Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“Superficially my war was a comfortable exercise in futility carried out in a grand Scottish hotel amongst the bridge players and swillers… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
I feel like I came from a generation where... We didn't have Vietnam. We didn't have World War II. Nothing cultural was… — Greg Mottola Copy Share Image
If liberals had been in charge of the Arizona memorial, it would probably have featured an exhaustive exhibit about the internment of… — Mona Charen Copy Share Image
“The dilemma facing Hitler in 1923 was how to carry out a coup d'etat which could only hope to succeed with the… — John Strawson Copy Share Image
Men didn't like to empty bedpans, so we made women nurses. Then men didn't like to do the administrative stuff, so women… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
If the West Point class of 1915 is called 'the class the stars fell on' for the number of World War II… — Florence King Copy Share Image
Frank Capra made a series of films during World War II called 'Why We Fight' that explored America's reasons for entering the… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
We really have to work hard to remind people even though this is far away, that's it's probably the most generous thing… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Some societies are also more optimistic than others: the U.S. and Australia are my two picks Tell a European you think there’s… — Jeremy Grantham Copy Share Image
I was born in the shadow of World War II, on December 18, 1939, on the South Shore of Long Island, a… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
Every time you go to an airport and get on a plane, you are basically taking advantage of the work that was… — Margot Lee Shetterly Copy Share Image
Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people,… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image