Second World Quotes

125 quotes by 110 authors

The Second World War simplified things like race, and people came down on very clear lines. — Chiwetel Ejiofor
Bill Phillips was this nervous, chain-smoking student. He had signed up to be an engineer, he had gone away to fight in the Second World… — Tim Harford
Every country has its own perspective on the Second World War. This is not surprising when experiences and memories are so different. — Antony Beevor
The memory of the Second World War hangs over Europe, an inescapable and irresistible point of reference. Historical parallels are usually misleading and dangerous. — Antony Beevor
It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how would… — Antony Beevor
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. — Robert Fisk
Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing. — Ridley Scott
The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
I knew trucking was growing. It grew from the Second World War to the time that I bought the bridge. There were interstate highways being… — Manuel Moroun
The first two Prime Ministers whom I served, Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher drew strikingly different lessons from the Second World War. — Douglas Hurd
We tend to think about fascism in terms of the Second World War. — Ian Hart
In Finland, we learned quite a lot from our own civil war. The wounds were visible when I was a boy, but my generation went… — Harri Holkeri
This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over. — Giorgio Napolitano
They knew who I was in Australia in 2006, but not to a great extent. Now, with the momentum of a second World Cup, it… — Timothy F. Cahill
If you look back at the history of creativity in clothes - the French Revolution, the First World War and the Second World War -… — Christian Lacroix
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for… — Jose Manuel Barroso
The '54 World Cup was the first time the people got the recognition back after the second World War and felt like they are proud… — Jurgen Klinsmann
And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers.… — Patrick Macnee
If you take a book of a thousand pages on the Second World War, in which 50 million people died, the concentration camps occupy two… — Jean-Marie Le Pen
I remember hearing the song when I was 12 or 14 in - it must have been in Chicago, 'cause we didn't have a radio… — Abbey Lincoln

Who Wrote These Second World Quotes

110 authors contributed a total of 125 Second World Quotes, led by these top contributors: