World War Quotes

608 World War quotes by 496 unique authors

We relinquished our freedom that day, and we were more than happy to see it go. From that moment on we lived in true freedom,… — Max Brooks
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
In researching this volume, I interviewed veterans who had been at the front during World War II. I read countless books, examined film footage, and… — Hiromu Arakawa
But let there be no misunderstanding. The war against terror is every bit as important as our fight against fascism in World War II. Or… — Jim Bunning
The chief fruit of the First World War was the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism as a national power. — Whittaker Chambers
The marketplace for books when I entered the business shortly after World War II consisted of a thousand or so well stocked independent booksellers in… — Jason Epstein
Since World War II, most of the conflicts in the world have been internal conflicts. The weapon of choice in those wars has all too… — Jody Williams
As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its… — Arne Glimcher
When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II. I grew up… — Geoffrey West
The thing about World War II is that everyone knows about the concentration camps in Europe - in Nazi Germany and Poland and Auschwitz and… — Lea Salonga
I have seen periods of progress followed by reaction. I have seen the hopes and aspirations of Negroes rise during World War II, only to… — Bayard Rustin
The U.S. Army records alone for World War II weigh 17,000 tons, and even the best historians have not done more than just scratch the… — Rick Atkinson
Almost everything about American society is affected by World War II: our feelings about race; our feelings about gender and the empowerment of women, moving… — Rick Atkinson
The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to practicing cavalry charges… — Rick Atkinson
Once, in a magazine interview, I said the difference between shoe ladies and bag ladies is that shoe ladies are just a bit classier. Finished!… — Kareena Kapoor Khan
I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the only… — Eugene Cernan
I remember World War II when there were very few books, very little paper available. For me to walk into a shop or look at… — Doris Lessing
When we went into World War II, I was a tractor driver then. I drove tractors on the plantation. So when they start calling people… — B B King
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
Barack Obama is not Harry Truman, who dropped the A-bomb on Japan to stop World War II. Barack Obama is not John F. Kennedy, who… — Monica Crowley
If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being. — Sri Chinmoy
The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than… — Laurie R. King
For women, World War II had offered an opportunity, and often the necessity, to get out of the house to work. — Cathleen Schine
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

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