“We often like to think of World War II as a triumph of freedom over totalitarianism. We conveniently forget that the Soviet… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Chester William Nimitz, Sr. was the last surviving officer to serve as a five star admiral in the Unites States Navy, holding… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
After World War II there were many Jews who remained in refugee camps...President Harry F. Truman called for the Harrison Commission to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Germany has spent the decades since World War II in national penance for Nazi crimes. America spent the decades after the Civil… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“When one looks back across a chasm of seventy years, through a prism of pulp fiction and bad gangster movies, there is… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“Just as a state's police swear to prevent and punish murder, so the signers of the Genocide Convention [in 1948] swore to… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
Raising taxes is the last thing we should do amid the weakest economic recovery since World War II. Unfortunately, even if we… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
I was born just after the end of World War II, and with my friends in our little suburban backyards in New… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The Battle of France is over. The Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the future of Christian… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I never thought I should live to grow blasé about the sound of gunfire, but so I have” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Hitler did not have Mussolini's revolutionary socialist background... Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the 'bourgeoisie' and 'capitalism' and… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the… — Joe Baca 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
“In World War II, 35,933 AAF planes were lost in combat and accidents. The surprise of the attrition rate is that only… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
“We will never know all there is to know about Nazism, World War II, and the Holocaust. No single story can relate… — Wendy Lower Copy Share Image
To be sure, the United States will be eternally proud of our civilian leaders and the men and women of our armed… — Ben Rhodes Copy Share Image
More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I,… — Aaron Huey Copy Share Image
Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
World War II put feminism on hold for a long time; the men went away to fight, a lot of women in… — Margaret Drabble 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
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it… — Jack Keane Copy Share Image
