In the twenty-five years that have passed since the ending of the World War when the people of this country emerged from… — Tunku Abdul Rahman Copy Share Image
I did not know much history when I became a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Only after… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Failing to curb the impact of climate change could damage the global economy on the scale of the Great Depression or the… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
A German officer visited Picasso in his Paris studio during the Second World War. There he saw Guernica and, shocked at the… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice. — Frank Knox Copy Share Image
I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
If we could get out of this jam by giving up Malta and Gibraltar and some African colonies I would jump at… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Between the postwar fifties - domesticity, people happy to be alive after the Second World War, wanting to build a home, make… — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
I read all the books I could find about manners, and the extraordinary thing was, in all books up to the end… — Quentin Crisp Copy Share Image
From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Atlantic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind the line lie… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
In a nuclear war, even if one side were to come out ahead by systems analytical standards, both sides would be so… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
If you look at the First World War, the Kaiser was actually, actively buying a lot of the armaments from Britain! in… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
Although humans have existed on this planet for perhaps 2 million years, the rapid climb to modern civilization within the last 200… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Women who had discovered pants, low-heeled shoes, and loose sweaters during World War II were reluctant to give them up in peacetime. — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
As an economic historian, I appreciate what manufacturing has contributed to the United States. It was the engine of growth that allowed… — Christina Romer Copy Share Image
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
