World War Quotes

608 World War quotes by 496 unique authors

Like many of his fellow skyjackers, 49-year-old Arthur Gates Barkley was motivated by a complicated grievance against the federal government. In 1963, the World War… — Brendan I. Koerner
My father had been in the German Diplomatic Service, and although he had been in the United States since World War II and out of… — Hermann Eilts
Mehmet Ertegun died in 1944. President Roosevelt sent his body back to Turkey on the U.S.S. Missouri. Mehmet Ertegun and President Roosevelt had had a… — George W. S. Trow
I think it is fair to say that during World War II there was a high sense of purpose. The country had a very clear… — Friedrich St. Florian
Living with my grandmother in Bath, I sort of thought I was living in the 19th century. My grandmother was someone who, in a way,… — Charles Palliser
I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything authoritarian. — Sander Levin
Everybody has forgotten that Russia helped start the Second World War. — Ray Bradbury
World War II broke out in 1939, and many people credit that war with saving the economy. — Robert Kiyosaki
When I was in middle school, and teachers lectured about World War II, the conflict seemed impossibly distant and irrelevant. And it had only happened… — Don Kardong
The need for a non-veteran reserve became painfully obvious in the Korean war when many of the men who were being called to serve were… — J. Anthony Lukas
My theory is that Kurt had a lot of residual pain from his childhood. And when you pile that on top of his experience in… — Charles J. Shields
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 the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a… — Stanley Hauerwas
My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War. — Clint Eastwood
Britain kept its position as the dominant world power well into the 20th century despite steady decline. By the end of World War II, dominance… — Noam Chomsky
Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy. — Noam Chomsky
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
When General Allenby conquered Jerusalem during World War I, he was hailed in the American press as Richard the Lion-Hearted, who had at last won… — Noam Chomsky
I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in World War I. — Eric Kandel
My parents were not born in Vienna, but they had spent much of their lives there, having each come to the city at the beginning… — Eric Kandel
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
Libya as a country is a relatively new concept. The period of Libya as a modern nation really starts after World War II. — Elliott Abrams
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
Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines… — Virginia Postrel

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