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283 War Ii quotes by 249 unique authors

World War II made war reputable because it was a just war. I wouldn't have missed it for anything. You know how many other just… — Kurt Vonnegut
I'm eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when World War II ended. The Army kept me on because I could type, so I was… — Kurt Vonnegut
It is a dreadful thing to see the dead city. Next to the port I found children, women, the old, waiting for a way to… — Golda Meir
I'm interested in things when I don't know what they are. Like "Hey, Ray, what the hell is this?" Oh, that's lipstick from the 1700s,… — Tom Waits
My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through… — Thomas Friedman
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. — Barry Commoner
World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole. — Barry Commoner
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. — Leonardo DiCaprio
I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that. — Phil Donahue
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I… — Oriana Fallaci
I needed to join the Navy. If you ask the people in Europe who won World War II, they don't say the Allies, they say… — Bob Feller
There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and… — Bob Feller
Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't… — Kirk Hammett
In World War II, jazz absolutely was the music of freedom, and then in the Cold War, behind the Iron Curtain, same thing. It was… — Herbie Hancock
I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff. — Tom Hanks
One thing that was amazing about World War II was that everybody signed up for the duration plus six months. Fliers got to leave combat… — Tom Hanks
We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. — Doc Hastings
Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this… — Thor Heyerdahl
Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920's and 1930's when those who should have known… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Australians are coffee snobs. An influx of Italian immigrants after World War II ensured that - we probably had the word 'cappuccino' about 20 years… — Hugh Jackman
World War II proves there's no God. — Penn Jillette
Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn't have the anxiety that we'd starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know?… — James Earl Jones
I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always… — Diane Kruger
Are there really good wars and bad wars? We thought so during World War II, and in retrospect, we were right. But in Vietnam, and… — Madeleine M. Kunin
When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension… — Ang Lee

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