I don't think my generation carries the weight of World War II anymore. But I've got to tell you, even if we… — Diane Kruger Copy Share Image
During the first World War women in the United States had a chance to try their capacities in wider fields of executive… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings,… — Geoffrey Perret Copy Share Image
It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
It was an easy thing to tax for a young country. And then gradually we moved to property taxes, manufacturing taxes, and… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
My plan is based on growing the economy, giving middle-class families many more opportunities. I want us to have the biggest jobs… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
In the Europe which was created by the Second World War, divided into two blocks, each in need of a revolution that… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
“Currently reading one of the many examples of the Japanese atrocities inflicted on other Asian- Pacific communities during World War II. Definitely… — Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas Copy Share Image
“In little more than a generation, the Belgian king’s yearning for empire and fortune may have killed ten million people in the… — Howard W. French Copy Share Image
“The historical record contradicts the assumption that the Nazis sentenced large numbers of people to death during World War II for telling… — Rudolph Herzog Copy Share Image
“Scientists expected that the Super, a fusion or "thermonuclear" weapon, would be an awesomely destructive horror that could unleash the equivalent of… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“When America began, government cost every citizen $20 (in [2003] money) per year. Taxes rose during wars, but for most of the… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
“I found myself surrounded by really old veterans wearing hats that said, "Retired Marine - SEMPER FI." These hats didn't appear to… — Mollie Gross Copy Share Image
“The arrogance of the Europeans reaches a level in which you have to name it as pathetic. They are so focused on… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
“THERE ARE HUGE DIFFERENCES in living standards around the world. Even the poorest citizens of the United States have incomes and access… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
Louis B. Mayer is one of those with a claim to posessing the equation... he began to buy up nickelodeon arcades in… — Edward Jay Epstein Copy Share Image
“For the fighter pilots of the First World War, buttocks had been an important sensory tool. Pilots felt they lost something when,… — Patrick Bishop Copy Share Image
Many others will have the want for world peace but I don't want a world where it just magically becomes peaceful. People… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All leaders must be good communicators. But let's be clear, communications is not the same as oratory. Let me give you an… — John Baldoni Copy Share Image
Most people experience history as one damn fact after another in high school. But if you can wonder, "Wow, what if the… — Gavriel David Rosenfeld Copy Share Image
Most bayonets throughout history have probably not been used because soldiers just can't do it, something holds them back... the same goes… — Rutger Bregman Copy Share Image
World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume… — Neil Sheehan Copy Share Image
In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
At the end of the century, humans will look back at our impact on the planet and World War II will be… — Louie Psihoyos Copy Share Image
“The Second World War lasted for 2,174 days, cost $1.5 trillion and claimed the lives of over 50 million people. That represents… — Andrew Roberts Copy Share Image
“The discovery of curium was part of the Manhattan Project, so it stayed secret until World War II ended. It was supposed… — Sybrina Durant Copy Share Image
Gone is any mention of American exceptionalism. I happen to believe that twice, three times in the 20th century, the United States… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
I'm sure it is, I'm not for any kind of war, we've been engaged in several wars since the second world war… — Larry Hagman Copy Share Image
The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
“On the face of it, no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked… — Lyn Macdonald Copy Share Image
There's something brave and touching about game girls of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those… — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
As well as remembering the service of the non-white soldiers and auxiliaries of the first world war, we have also to remember… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
If you look at the Gulf War or new military technologies, they are moving towards cyberwars. Most video-technologies and technologies of simulation… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Having the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Matthew Ridgway to command the XVIII Airborne Corps, Gavin had taken over the 82nd in mid-August. At thirty-seven he would be not… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
“could be an antidote to clinical depression. Smith fed off risk and nerves for the rest of his life, noticeable early with… — Sam Stephenson Copy Share Image
Germany is a country that has absolutely had to since the Second World War ask itself massive moral questions. And it's reforged… — Cate Blanchett Copy Share Image
The other thing that really I regretted not being able to do was to push effectively for the reform of the Security… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
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