World War Quotes

608 World War quotes by 496 unique authors

I was opposed to World War II, and indeed on June 22, 1941 when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union I suddenly found myself the lone… — Douglass North
Outside the walls, among others, is the Soviet Empire. It is malevolent, destructive and expanding. It has swallowed up over half a dozen countries since… — Barbara Amiel
I do believe that the genre reached its peak before the First World War. — Robyn Davidson
In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a… — Oliver North
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
After a Polish Pope, whose country was first to be invaded by the Germans in World War Two, we now have someone from the generation… — Horst Koehler
This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over. — Giorgio Napolitano
My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing… — Eric Liu
The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan… — David Petraeus
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
That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. — Paul Wolfowitz
We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of… — John Thune
My father was an immigrant who literally walked across Europe to get out of Russia. He fought in World War I. He was wounded in… — Arlen Specter
My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years. — Jane Seymour
I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive. — Bill Cunningham
Every snapshot collector has obsessions. Some only collect photos of cars. Others like World War II, or babies, or old-timey girls in old-timey swimsuits. I… — Ransom Riggs
World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation. — Richard Holbrooke
As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a… — Adam Hochschild
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
I had old bunk beds that my dad got from Seabrook Farms. They were first used by German prisoners during World War II, who were… — David Mixner
Americans, we passionately believe, are a humane people. We showed that in restoring wounded economies abroad after World War II, even those of our enemies,… — Anthony Lewis
My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My back's been stiff for hours, damned hours. Death never gives… — Wilfred Owen
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Contrary to what you've just seen, war is neither glamorous nor fun. There are no winners, only losers. There… — Nancy Cartwright
As soon as I read that, it clicked: that's my theater of war. It was exciting to think that I could write about World War… — Michael Chabon
Being handsome is a world war II — John Mavis Paul

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