[I]f you look at United States history since World War II, you find that of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama,… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences of a… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of… — Edmond Taylor Copy Share Image
World War II proved a hypothesis that Alexis de Tocqueville advanced a century before: the war-fighting potential of a democracy is at… — David Frum Copy Share Image
The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Deer were exterminated in Kansas by market and subsistence hunting in the late 1800s, as were elk, bison, and pronghorn. Deer are… — James E. Mason Copy Share Image
From the American Revolution right up to the Second World War, the U.S. was more likely to provoke suspicion among members of… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Both grandfathers fought in different wars. My mother's father fought in World War II, and then my father's father fought in Korea.… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
“At the end of the fifteenth century, the poet Thomas Hoccleve declared in The Regiment of Princes, “Allas, wher ys this worldes… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
“Dante was standing near the Ponte Vecchio, a bridge that crosses the Arno River in Florence. It was just before 1300… Dante… — Robert A. Johnson Copy Share Image
“After all, we are all immigrants to the future; none of us is a native in that land. Margaret Mead famously wrote… — Marina Gorbis Copy Share Image
“There had never been a funeral in our town before, at least not during our lifetimes. The majority of dying had happened… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
We cannot escape our destiny, nor should we try to do so. The leadership of the free world was thrust upon us… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Without chemical slaughterhouses, without a systematic mass murder, the tragedy of the Jews is just one out of the numerous tragedies that… — Jurgen Graf Copy Share Image
“Antisemitism did not begin in Germany, or anywhere else, in 1918; Jews had been regarded as dangerous outsiders for centuries, and anti-Jewish… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“The most important thing that is happening in the world right now is the emerging of the new man. Since the monkeys,… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“We’ve already got gays in the military. We always have had. World War Two, the Western Allies had fourteen million men in… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
“Honestly, you make one tiny mistake and they hold it over you for the rest of your days!' 'You started World War… — Ashlee Nicole Bye Copy Share Image
The big news is the midterm elections. Last night Republicans picked up a dozen seats in the House to give them their… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have… — Steve Inskeep 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
“But even if they could go home it would be difficult for me to tell you what the moral of the story… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Though it was undeclared, there was a new world war being waged, where fundamental decency and respect for human rights were under… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“During World War II, a secret apartment in London was maintained by the office of the Special Operations Executive. Within it, operatives… — E.J. Wagner Copy Share Image
My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
Following the Second World War, we are a country of one ethnicity. After the moving of the borders, after the tragedy of… — Aleksander Kwasniewski Copy Share Image
Our biggest art forms are film and television, and there hasn't been a great film about 9/11 yet, nor has there been… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
The pioneer labor historian John Commons was not wrong when he wrote around World War One that exploiting and deepening such tensions… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
It has to be an actress like Marion Cotillard [in Allied] because there are so many levels to it. It's set in… — Steven Knight 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
“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
Soviet mathematics was particularly good in the second half of the 20th century, basically because of the arms race, because the Soviet… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
“I thought about the afterlife and wondered if people shared death stories. If so, i'd have the coolest story ever. You died… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
“Woodrow Wilson has just made the decision to take part in World War I. What was he feeling then? Did he know… — Zachary Crosby Copy Share Image
Ever since the Second World War, television signals (as well as FM radio and radar) have served as Homo sapiens' emissaries into… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
In the early hours of 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive of the Second World War against weakly… — Saul David Copy Share Image
After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
The latest rule is: you cannot have protectionism - otherwise you will get a world war. Other rules say you cannot have… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
The marketplace for books when I entered the business shortly after World War II consisted of a thousand or so well stocked… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
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![“The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War II] who stood motionless, from one to eight in the morning, for the sake of having an egg, would have found it very difficult to do in order to save a human life.” quote by Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13c/simone-weil-544_bears_the-same-suffering-is-much-harder-to-bea_1340865.jpg)
![“When the Defense Department was established after World War II, a law said that any defense secretary with military experience must have been out of the military at least seven years. General [James] Mattis doesn't meet that.” quote by Steve Inskeep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6b6/steve-inskeep-10882_defense_when-the-defense-department-was-establis_2280980.jpg)
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