The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
...what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three… — Lemmy Kilmister Copy Share Image
One could reasonably argue that the Turkish pogrom against the Armenians during World War I qualifies as a crime against humanity, as… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching since the end of… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
By the end of World War II, we were the most powerful and least damaged of the great nations. We also had… — Gore Vidal 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
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
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
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
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
The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo 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
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
“If America loses World War III [the Cold War], it will be because of the failure of its leadership class. In particular,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“The Antropocene is usually said to have begun with the industrial revolution, or perhaps even later, with the explosive growth in population… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened… — David Swanson Copy Share Image
“But there was a more recent author and public figure whose work spoke to the core of a new set of issues… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Operational inquiry has established that Danylo Shablia assisted in the espionage activities of his son, Peter Shablia, helping him organize an anti-Soviet… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It was the economy that troubled most people prior to World War II. Europe, especially Germany, was dealing with a deep worldwide… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
“The other pioneer of political public relations was Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, who sharpened his skills writing prowar propaganda… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I asked, Did she know Adolf Hitler invented the blow-up sex doll? And Ms. Wright’s black sunglasses turned to look at me.… — Chuck Palahniuk 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
“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
“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
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
“Beware of anyone who tells you a topic is above you or better left to experts. Many people are twice as smart… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
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
“Force is often used to enforce peace and an A bomb did bring world war 2 to a shuddering halt. The funniest… — Nidhie Sharma Copy Share Image
If hardship brought out the worst in people, the human race wouldn't have survived. Right after 9/11, for instance, the murder rate… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
Some of our best and unexpected discoveries have been born out of crises - from the Second World War, for example, came… — Alok Sharma Copy Share Image
World War II was a historical event, but also a movie genre, and 'Fury' occasionally prints the legend. The rest of it… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
“If, as I have reason to believe, I have disintegrated the nucleus of the atom, this is of greater significance than the… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
If you go to Wikipedia and you look at the Tour de France, there's this huge block in World War One with… — Lance Armstrong Copy Share Image
A national government using New Deal programs and the massive defense spending beginning with World War II and continuing through the Cold… — Robert Dallek Copy Share Image
The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power… — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
When it comes to his sons, it would be easy to think that the macho Duke of Edinburgh has most in common… — Ingrid Seward Copy Share Image
The Second World War had really devastating effects for much of Europe. It really didn't take them very long to reconstruct state… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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