Now that we've made that decision, everyone is thinking about the practical consequences and I think Theresa May could be the most… — Jeremy Hunt Copy Share Image
We were thus led to organize ourselves, as men who had fought the war together, in order to support those statesmen who… — Rene Cassin Copy Share Image
I think I have great knowledge of - for military, and I think I have better vision for Syria than a lot… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil.… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
The most important thing I would learn in school was that almost everything I would learn in school would be utterly useless.… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
Changing the DNA of a large, multilateral organization such as the United Nations to deal effectively with modern threats is not easy.… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
By the 1950s The Novel had become a nationwide tournament. There was a magical assumption that the end of World War II… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
European nations began World War I with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
“When America stood on the threshold of World War II, Hoover continued a friendly relationship with the Nazis dominating Interpol, the Berlin-based… — Mae Brussell Copy Share Image
“Since the 1920s, the much-reduced Christian populations have tried various strategies to maintain their existence, but none shows great hopes of success.41… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Frank Fiorini, better known as Frank Sturgis, had an interesting career that started when he quit high school during his senior year… — Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“Dr. Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West was born in New York City on October 6, 1924. He died of cancer on January 2,… — Colin A. Ross 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 keep thinking that history runs in cycles, and that some day certain large issues will come before the country again. There… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
“Although there are many differences between America and post–World War I Germany, history has some economic lessons to teach us. Remember that… — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
“Poultry Farm (Sonnet) First law of poultry farming: keep your livestock busy with trivial problems, so they stay ever oblivious to systemic… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
“Today the political struggle is expressed by the choice of what a person eats and drinks, whom he loves, what he does… — Defying Hitler Copy Share Image
Suicidal violence is not the exclusive property of the Muslim world. Suicide bombings were a tactic of nationalist struggles in 19th-century Europe… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Until the Second World War, it was unthinkable for a married woman of the working or middle class to disgrace her husband… — Sandra Scarr Copy Share Image
“The war in China exemplified a fact often forgotten about the Second World War: globally, more non-combatants perished than uniformed participants. Civilians… — A.G. Riddle Copy Share Image
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“General George Patton and others lamented that the Second World War had broken out in 1939 over saving the free peoples of… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
All the other books ask, 'What's it like?' What was World War II like for the young kid at Normandy, or what… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I always found the extraordinary loss of life in the First World War very moving. I remember learning about it as a… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
“To the anonymous reviewer of George F. Kennan's book, Russia Leaves the War, who wrote in the Times Literary Supplement (London), January… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Immigration has tremendously changed the fabric of this country. Immigration is what built our NHS, when Britain invited people from the Commonwealth,… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Before the Second World War, I believed in the perfectability of social man; that a correct structure of society produced goodwill; and… — William Golding Copy Share Image
My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
The European wars of religion were more deadly than the First World War, proportionally speaking, and in the range of the Second… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Now listen here, I’m not gay. I’m as far from gay as you can possibly get - be-hee-hee-lieve me on that one!… — Danger Slater Copy Share Image
And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it… — Patrick Macnee Copy Share Image
nothing happens in August - except when something really happens in August. World War I began in August, Saddam Hussein's invasion of… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Growing up during World War II certainly affected my whole view of life, but I hardly know how, it goes so deep.… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Since the end of World War II, American leadership has been essential to maintain world peace. Whether we liked it or not,… — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
Last week John McCain said the fundamentals of our economy are strong. This week, he said it's the worst crisis since World… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The end of the First World War had thrown Germany's youth into great turmoil. The reins of power had fallen from the… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
The United Nations was founded in the aftermath of World War II, just as the world was beginning to learn the full… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
