First World War Quotes

41 quotes by 39 authors

• The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in… — Emily Greene Balch
• I strongly believe that a small Jewish clique which has contempt for the mass of Jewish people worked with non-Jews to create the First World… — David Icke
• American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were… — Colin Ward
• In The Care and Management of Lies the wonderfully talented Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and… — Margot Livesey
• The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans… — Lucy Worsley
• Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches without stockings, for driving automobiles… — Geoffrey Perret
• The First World War killed fewer victims than the Second World War, destroyed fewer buildings, and uprooted millions instead of tens of millions - but… — Edmond Taylor
• There is no doubt that the course and character of the feared 'European war'... will become the first world war in the full sense of… — Ernst Haeckel
• It is often said that Americans have no sense of history. Ask a college student who Jimmy Carter was and they will likely reply that… — J. Maarten Troost
• After the First World War the economic problem was no longer one of production. It was the problem of finding markets to get the output… — John Boyd Orr
• There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of… — Douglas Hurd
• A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he… — Art Linkletter
• As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who… — Rene Cassin
• I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war… — Fritz Sauckel
• In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing took place because of these emotions. But the Soviet case… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
• I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all your time criticizing… — Margaret Thatcher
• It is ... necessary to whip up the population in support of foreign adventures. Usually the population is pacifist, just like they were during the… — Noam Chomsky
• The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse. — Adam Hochschild
• Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought.… — A J P Taylor
• Ten thousand officers and men named Smith died in the First World War. One thousand four hundred Campbells died, six thousand Joneses, and one thousand… — Kevin Myers

Who Wrote These First World War Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 41 First World War Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 First World War Quotes by Noam Chomsky
• 2 First World War Quotes by Adam Hochschild
• 1 First World War Quote by Geoffrey Perret
• 1 First World War Quote by Robyn Davidson
• 1 First World War Quote by Edmond Taylor
• 1 First World War Quote by Christian Lacroix
• 1 First World War Quote by Ernst Haeckel
• 1 First World War Quote by J. Maarten Troost
• 1 First World War Quote by John Boyd Orr
• 1 First World War Quote by Douglas Hurd
• 1 First World War Quote by Art Linkletter
• 1 First World War Quote by Rene Cassin
• 1 First World War Quote by Fritz Sauckel
• 1 First World War Quote by Ryszard Kapuscinski
• 1 First World War Quote by Margaret Thatcher
• 1 First World War Quote by A J P Taylor
• 1 First World War Quote by Kevin Myers
• 1 First World War Quote by Erich Fromm
• 1 First World War Quote by Antonio Tabucchi
• 1 First World War Quote by Trevor Nunn
• 1 First World War Quote by George Grosz
• 1 First World War Quote by Elliott Carter
• 1 First World War Quote by Pat Barker
• 1 First World War Quote by Tom Hiddleston
• 1 First World War Quote by Doris Lessing