I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
In war as in life, it is often necessary whensome cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“Wars, and hence the memories of wars, are owned by the male species. And facism is a decidely male property, whether you… — Ruth Kluger Copy Share Image
“You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it's the right thing in the long… — John Knowles Copy Share Image
“It was a movie about American bombers in World War II and the gallant men who flew them. Seen backwards by Billy,… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I can't think of a single example of two mature democracies going to war with each other in the 20th century. It's… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Funnily enough, Northern Ireland is a great example of where politics can win over conflict. The decision to down arms and follow… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
You want a coach who is going to push you and be strong and be in your corner when it's tough, but… — Ana Ivanovic Copy Share Image
“Znati kako je biti sam u mraku, u mracnoj sobi. A samo jedan mali prozorcic je tamo, tamo na onom zidu. Gde… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It would convert the Treasury of the United States into a manufactory of paper money. It makes the House of Representatives and… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is… — Frank B. Kellogg Copy Share Image
The power of declaring war being with the Legislature, the Executive should do nothing necessarily committing them to decide for war in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I have no idea why she quieted down on the subject. Maybe she was told to. I can imagine that it wasn't… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
“This is life in a fallen world, where wars come and go, where nations rage and people cry in torment. We must… — Janette Oke Copy Share Image
A particular type of film emerged from World War Two, with the Italian neorealist school. It was perfectly right for its time,… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
First thing we have to do is recognize the time. We're at the end of the time of the White world to… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
Novels ought to have hope; at least, American novels ought to have hope. French novels don't need to. We mostly win wars,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Feeling increasingly at odds with his superiors, in a letter sent from Gaines’ Mills, Virginia dated June 28, 1862, a frustrated McClellan… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“...Cleveland was the first war over the protection of children to be fought not in the courts, but in the media... Given… — Sue Richardson Copy Share Image
“You were just babies in the war—like the ones upstairs!” I nodded that this was true. We had been foolish virgins in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes,… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“But I hated the Emperor of the Ke-Han with everything I had in me, for every man I'd lost and every friend… — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
We must love men more than things, and I admire and weep more for the soldiers than for the churches which were… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Come senators, congressmen, Please heed the call, Don't stand in the doorway, Don't block up the hall, For he that gets hurt,… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“Do you think that history professors chat about the reasons for World War One when they meet for lunch, or that nuclear… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
If America does not wish to end her days in the same nursing home as Britannia she had best end this geo-babble… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“Many of the vagabonds found me. They despise the way the war is being handled. They see the way your agendas inhibit… — S.M. Boyce Copy Share Image
The use of [the atomic bombs] at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese… — William D. Leahy Copy Share Image
We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things… — Nathan Bedford Forrest Copy Share Image
“Soldiers manage by dividing themselves. They're one man in the killing, another at home, and the man that dandles his bairn on… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Now is not the time to grow weary in the face of evil. Now is not the time to allow our hunger… — Jay Sekulow Copy Share Image
In 1793 such a force as no one had any conception of made its appearance. War had again suddenly become an affair… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Militarists say that to gain peace we must prepare for war. I think we get what we prepare for. If we want… — Jody Williams Copy Share Image
There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
There is no genuine democracy without an informed public. While there are no guarantees that a critical education will prompt individuals to… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed of any… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
This pandemic is a global war. It has affected the entire world. Those countries which had lifted the lockdown in haste thinking… — Uddhav Thackeray Copy Share Image
“The lucky ones, the ones who weren't here when the place was getting bombed to hell. We're not like these people. We… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States since World War II… — Hermann Eilts Copy Share Image
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