I was born just after the end of World War II, and with my friends in our little suburban backyards in New… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Attacks on cities are strategically justified in so far as they tend to shorten the war and so preserve the lives of… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
For a while, after the Second World War, when there was strong support for labor, this was done subtly. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
It is the women of Europe who pay the price while war rages, and it will be the women who will pay… — Kate Richards O'Hare Copy Share Image
When the Second World War finished, I was 23 and already I had seen enough horror to last me a lifetime. I'd… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
Naturally, if the Americans had fired a shot, if the Seventh Fleet had done something more than sit there in the Bay… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I,… — Aaron Huey Copy Share Image
WOMEN WHO STEPPED UP WERE MEASURED AS CITIZENS OF THE NATION, NOT AS WOMEN...THIS WAS A PEOPLE'S WAR, AND EVERYONE WAS IN… — Oveta Culp Hobby Copy Share Image
We should recall that during the Second World War and the Great Depression there was an upsurge in popular, radical democracy. In… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
World War II put feminism on hold for a long time; the men went away to fight, a lot of women in… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th centurys first genocide - the systematic slaughter… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
Two World Wars are sufficient and we are the ones who supported this notion of a united Europe, so there would never… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
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
The third world war is not going to happen! I predict it! It is not going to happen, because of you, because… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
I had wanted to make a film about World War II for some time, but I didn't really want to do something… — Michael Apted Copy Share Image
I had become so quiet and so small in the grass by the pond that I was barely noticeable, hardly there. I… — Richard Brautigan Copy Share Image