I was born in Russia in 1901 of Jewish parents and came to the United States in 1922 to join my father,… — Simon Kuznets Copy Share Image
My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years. — Jane Seymour Copy Share Image
I get offered a lot of science fiction work and there is a new project in the pipeline called Master Race, set… — Jeremy Bulloch 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
Norway was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, and I've met a lot of people who had to live… — Christopher Heyerdahl Copy Share Image
I myself was terrified during the Second World War. The war started when I was six, and I was so sure that… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
We are fully aware that, in a world at war, each set of belligerents is over ready to regard those who are… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
Speaking of [Philip] Larkin, in his poem about the First World War he wrote something like, "Never such innocence, before or since,… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
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When my father decided to instill in my two brothers and me his love for the outdoors - a love that he… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The term railway was to Victorian England what atomic or aerodynamic were to be after World War II, and network and virtual… — Richard Bookstaber Copy Share Image
By seizing the formerly little-known Height 102.0 - the Mamayev Hill - the Red Army fought its way to the fascists' den… — Aleksandr Vasilevsky 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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
“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
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
“In 1929 the leadership replaced institutions for long-term prisoners with work camps, designed to extract minerals in Siberia and other remote areas… — David Priestland Copy Share Image
“HMS Belfast is a gunship of 11,000 tons, commissioned in 1939, which saw active service in the Second World War. Since then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
We are all proud of is World War II where we went in, we were decisive, we came to the conclusion that… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
I saw the Fall of Troy! World War Five! I was pushing boxes at the Boston Tea Party! Now I'm gonna die… — Russell T Davies 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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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 can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over. — Giorgio Napolitano Copy Share Image
When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
After World War II, communities and the trust they fostered began to erode in the United States. We moved away from dense… — Joe Gebbia Copy Share Image
We are the people who won the Second World War and saved the world. We went to the moon. We gave the… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
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