“Sgt. Basilone in his personal humility and unwavering dedication to the men who served with him, became a true hero of the… — Jim Proser Copy Share Image
As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Reversing global warming will take a World War II level of mobilization. It is the work of tens of millions, not hundreds… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart. — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets,… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“Between 1931 and 1946, Pan American Airways had 28 flying boats known as “Clippers,” These four radial engine aircraft were S-40’s and… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
I did not know much history when I became a bombardier in the U.S. Air Force in World War II. Only after… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The stabilizing influence of the modern social welfare state emerged only after World War II, nearly 200 years on from the 18th-century… — Moshe Vardi Copy Share Image
“History lesson, folks: The tax system we have today—the one we've come to know and love—began ninety-four years ago as a (drum… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
“History is made up of "moral" judgments based on politics. We condemned Lenin's acceptance of money from the Germans in 1917 but… — Saul D. Alinsky Copy Share Image
I hope the World War II generation doesn't lose that quality that made them so appealing: their modesty, and the way they… — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“But the sluggishness of the economy widened the gulf between grand expectations and the real limits of progress, undercutting the all-important sense… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“With boarding passes in hand Adeline led her children, each carrying a small suitcase, up the long gangway onto the Dominion Monarch,… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is not Harry Truman, who dropped the A-bomb on Japan to stop World War II. Barack Obama is not John… — Monica Crowley Copy Share Image
February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
“Surely the Board knows what democracy is. It is the line that forms on the right. It is the don’t in Don’t… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I wrote about World War II because I didn't understand it. I think that's the reason that historians are drawn to any… — Nicholson Baker 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
“Sometimes, just to see what was happening, my father would drive to the airport…. Before my birth, during the “Roaring 20’s” Newark… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
“Now we will live!” This is what the hungry little boy liked to say, as he toddled along the quiet roadside, or… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Were prayers of murderers, when fighting on the “right side” of the war, ever heard—let alone answered? — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
“Sir Winston Churchill was born into the respected family of the Dukes of Marlborough. His mother Jeanette, was an attractive American-born British… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“Do you guys ever think about how Hitler has affected the whole world? That just one man did all this? I mean,… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
