Ahead Quote by Antony Beevor

There is a recurring temptation for any nation, and for any writer who operates within its field of force, to make an ornament of…

— Eavan Boland

It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with…

— Elihu Root

It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government fierce partisanship…

— E.L. Doctorow

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but…

— Al Gore

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of…

— Jose Manuel Barroso

One reason--perhaps the chief--of the virility of the Roosevelts is [their] very democratic spirit. They have never felt that because they were born in…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“To those who fought World War II, it was plain enough that Allied bombs were killing huge numbers of German civilians, that Churchill was…

— Adam Kirsch

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief.

— Vladimir Lenin

The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over…

— Ronald Reagan

History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign…

— Samantha Power

History gives us a kind of chart, and we dare not surrender even a small rushlight in the darkness. The hasty reformer who does…

— John Buchan