Second World War Quotes

117 quotes by 103 authors

People that spend time in a foxhole - they're never going to find that relationship anywhere else again... Everything else pales next to that. When… — Sylvester Stallone
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible,… — Robert Winston
Well, I've been reading a lot about the fifty years since the Second World War, about Western foreign policy and all that. I try not… — Thom Yorke
Before the Second World War, L'Oreal in France was an active supporter of the French fascists. The cosmetic group's founder Eugene Schueller was an active… — Geoff Mulgan
I think about my education sometimes. I went to the University of Chicago for awhile after the Second World War. I was a student in… — Kurt Vonnegut
Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of… — Laura Hillenbrand
The Philippines and the U.S. have had a strong relationship with each other for a very long time now. We have a shared history. We… — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got… — Robert Osborne
Everybody has forgotten that Russia helped start the Second World War. — Ray Bradbury
After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered its… — Martin Jacques
In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining. — Noam Chomsky
If you will remember history correctly, even the Second World War was perpetrated by a stateless actor, by murdering the Prince Rudolf, if you remember.… — Asif Ali Zardari
American power remains today what it was in the Second World War and the Cold War: the greatest force for freedom in the world. — Elliott Abrams
As a Jew, I was taught that it was ethically imperative to speak up and to speak out against arbitrary state violence. That was part… — Judith Butler
As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab affairs. — Stephen Kinzer
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

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