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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
Because the US has control of the sea. Because the US has built up its wealth. Because the US is the only… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
“Net wages: “It’s not what you make, but what you net” after paying the FIRE sector, basic utilities and taxes. The usual… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
“Some writings spotted U.S. history said that the CIA agents who were watching the Communists, in the period after the Second World… — Mohamed Addakhakhny Copy Share Image
“Thanks to an ingenious constitution, their geographical isolation from potential rivals, and a magnificent endowment of natural resources, the Americans managed to… — John Lewis Gaddis 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
“In the mid 1980's I was asked by an american legal institution known as the Christic Legal Institute to compile a comic… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“The official line is that, after the war, women couldn't wait to leave the offices and assembly lines and government agencies. But… — Ellen Feldman Copy Share Image
“There have been ample opportunities since 1945 to show that material superiority in war is not enough if the will to fight… — Richard Overy 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
“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
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
“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
We do hear perhaps too many accolades generally aimed at people like Steve Jobs. We have to remember that there are other… — Ian Anderson Copy Share Image
After the Second World War, I returned to California to study composition with Darius Milhaud, who wrote wonderful works like 'Le Boeuf… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War,… — Kate Quinn Copy Share Image
“Grossly to oversimplify the contributions made by the three leading members of the Grand Alliance in the Second World War, if Britain… — Andrew Roberts Copy Share Image
“For example, the people of Mount Lebanon were identified as “Syrians” until well into the 1940s. In the United States, the ethnic… — Louis Farshee Copy Share Image
If, during the Second World War, the United States had retooled its factories for manufacturing bicycles instead of munitions, we’d be one… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really… — Bjork Copy Share Image
Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II.… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen seem to have no respect for the institutions that were created after World War… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I don't really think much about how I would have fared in the Second World War. It's a topic that has to… — Fionn Whitehead Copy Share Image
I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed… — Lisel Mueller Copy Share Image
In the Second World War, they're talking about the Japanese traitors and putting them into concentration camps. But companies like DuPont had… — Rob Walton Copy Share Image
Air superiority, which the United States has taken for granted since World War II, is no longer assured. And, without control of… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
“The fifty-three-year-old former Eagle Scout from South Carolina didn’t drink, smoke, or swear; the most colorful expletive in his vocabulary was “dad… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear… — Robert Zoellick Copy Share Image
My father had wanted to be a commercial artist. He got as far as being a photographer in the army in World… — David Salle Copy Share Image
“A church leader studied the history of architecture in New Zealand and found that before World War II, homes were built with… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
“This is the new austerity." he said. "Flavorless packaging. It appeals to me. I feel like I'm not only saving money but… — Don Delillo Copy Share Image
I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two… — Celine Buckens Copy Share Image
I had read a lot of books on World War II, but I didn't know that downed airmen had hiked over the… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
