For all the chatter that Britain has moved beyond class, recent studies have found that it determines the life chances of British… — Johann Hari Copy Share Image
There is no question that, in 1980, Ronald Reagan had been portrayed as a war-monger, somebody who couldn't do anything off a… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
We salute our veterans of Pearl Harbor and World War II, whose sacrifices saved democracy during a dark hour. In their memory,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
No one is immune from the larger events of his or her time - the Depression, World War II, civil rights, Vietnam,… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963,… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
Under the ominous shadow which the second World War and its attendant circumstances have cast on the world, peace has become as… — Cordell Hull Copy Share Image
It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal, Glenn Greenwald, Noam Chomsky, talk about how the U.S. became a national security state after World War II. Essentially there's… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Any rational human being is horrified and existentially baffled by the reality of the Holocaust meted out by the Nazis, by the… — Michael Tobias Copy Share Image
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You have to decide in advance whether you're ready go to war. If you guys are ready to send a million troops… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
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Growing up in the shadow of Johnson Space Center and moving to Texas to welcome our last moon mission home, I wanted… — Pete Olson Copy Share Image
“Take a Somalian toddler. She has a 20% probability of dying before reaching the age of five. Now compare: American frontline soldiers… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
“When trying to fathom an immense, intricate system, drawing direct arrows of causality between micro and macro-components is perilous. Which stock caused… — Thomas Lewis Copy Share Image
I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I read everything that Tolkien wrote, and also read biographies of him. I was fascinated by his experiences in World War I,… — Richard Armitage Copy Share Image
Einstein was attending a music salon in Germany before the second world war, with the violinist S. Suzuki. Two Japanese women played… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
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World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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Soviet mathematics was particularly good in the second half of the 20th century, basically because of the arms race, because the Soviet… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
Following the Second World War, we are a country of one ethnicity. After the moving of the borders, after the tragedy of… — Aleksander Kwasniewski Copy Share Image
My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
The pioneer labor historian John Commons was not wrong when he wrote around World War One that exploiting and deepening such tensions… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
Our biggest art forms are film and television, and there hasn't been a great film about 9/11 yet, nor has there been… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
In the early hours of 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive of the Second World War against weakly… — Saul David Copy Share Image
After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The marketplace for books when I entered the business shortly after World War II consisted of a thousand or so well stocked… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
The latest rule is: you cannot have protectionism - otherwise you will get a world war. Other rules say you cannot have… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
Ever since the Second World War, television signals (as well as FM radio and radar) have served as Homo sapiens' emissaries into… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
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When I first went to jail in 1960 with seven classmates trying to use their public library against the backdrop of my… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
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