“When Arthur Schlesinger Sr. pioneered the 'presidential greatness poll' in 1948, the top five were Lincoln, Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson,… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When television came roaring in after the war (World War II) they did a little school survey asking children which they preferred… — Alistair Cooke Copy Share Image
The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings,… — Harry Seidler 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
I think in many ways, the Spanish Civil War was the first battle of World War II. After all, where else in… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't… — Abbey Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political. — Stephen Bayley Copy Share Image
“Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
People would always say horror movies always thrive during times of war; that's just what people would say. And I don't know… — Rob Zombie Copy Share Image
The one thing that I'm most proud of, during the Second World War, I worked on airplanes in a defense plant. — Ruth Duccini Copy Share Image
In America, we then made a commitment, particularly after World War II with the GI Bill, to massively expand our commitment to… — Barack Obama 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
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
Historians differ on when the consumer culture came to dominate American culture. Some say it was in the twenties, when advertising became… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
I was in charge of price controls in World War II and had a ceiling on overall prices. Everybody who was subject… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In the Somme valley, the back of language broke. It could no longer carry its former meanings. World War I changed the… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
After World War II, American leaders were, in Dean Acheson's words, 'present at the creation' of a global order. Now at the… — John J. Sweeney Copy Share Image
I can testify to what UNICEF means to children, because I was among those who received food and medical relief right after… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
We have the men--the skill--the wealth--and above all, the will.... We must be the great arsenal of democracy. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained,… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
“The war has ended with every one owing every one else immense sums of money. Germany owes a large sum to the… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
