In the case of the second world war the distorting factor is not poetry but our seemingly insatiable need to view the… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
Both my parents lived through a world war. My grandparents lived through two world wars. And they didn't go around saying, 'Look… — Viv Albertine Copy Share Image
We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this… — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the… — Ernst Haeckel Copy Share Image
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
It's becoming plainer and plainer that what is going on in South America and in South-Eastern Asia is directly related to the… — Elmer Davis Copy Share Image
America is a land of big dreamers and big hopes. It is this hope that has sustained us through revolution and civil… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“In his mind World War III represents the final self-destruction and imbalance of an asymmetric world, the last suicidal spasm of the… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War… — Gough Whitlam Copy Share Image
I was in charge of price controls in World War II and had a ceiling on overall prices. Everybody who was subject… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
It became obvious to me that the generation who changed the world were my parents' generation, and not only in terms of… — Linda Grant Copy Share Image
President George H.W. Bush was a patriot who served our country in World War II, lead the CIA, an Ambassador to the… — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
“constant companions throughout the project: Stanley Weintraub’s A Stillness Heard Round the World, A. J. P. Taylor’s The First World War, John… — Joseph E. Persico Copy Share Image
My family suffered very major losses during the Second World War, that's true. In my father's family, there were five brothers. I… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Growing up after the Second World War in a Jewish family, I really understand that, and have members of my family who… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“In case you haven't noticed, as the result of a shamelessly rigged election in Florida, in which thousands of African Americans were… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The Iranian issue I don't think has much to do with nuclear weapons frankly. Nobody is saying Iran should have nuclear weapons… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The fascination with automation in part reflected the country’s mood in the immediate postwar period, including a solid ideological commitment to technological… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“When World War II erupted, colonialism was at its apogee. The courde of the war, however, its symbolic undertones, would sow the… — Ryszard Kapuściński Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems I found with Irish politics and the economic thing was after the war, after World War II,… — Gavin Friday Copy Share Image
My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
“Will I go into starvation mode? The short answer is an emphatic “no.” This is one of the great dieting myths—the fear… — Michael Mosley Copy Share Image
...what we are talking about is extended world war...People would move on a massive scale. Hundreds of millions, probably billions of people… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
What the Spanish War began the World War accomplished: America became the world's banker and ceased to be the world's pioneer! — Anna Louise Strong Copy Share Image
The need for a non-veteran reserve became painfully obvious in the Korean war when many of the men who were being called… — J. Anthony Lukas Copy Share Image
Like so many of the young men he grew up with, my grandfather Luis Lujan was proud to answer his nation's call… — Ben Ray Lujan Copy Share Image
My prayer is that what we have gone through [World War One] will startle the world into some new realization of the… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to… — John Boyd Orr Copy Share Image
Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Leonid Breznev was an old man and despite his own military experience in World War II, he on the other hand was… — Helmut Schmidt Copy Share Image
I won’t stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I… — Shelley Berkley Copy Share Image
Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War. This presents us with great… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“You died in your sleep? Drunk driver? Cancer,huh? World war? Well...yeah those deaths are great and all,but wait till I tell you… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working.… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
In fact, a rather striking aspect of business propaganda in the United States is the demonization of government, starting after the Second… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Post World War II America draws a great deal of interest, but the students also seem to know quite a bit about… — Mohammad Marandi Copy Share Image
T. E. Lawrence was far more than a glamorous, swashbuckling, heroic figure in flowing robes mounted on a camel, leading the Arab… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
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