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I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was… — Walter Kohn
My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist. — Walter Kohn
More Medals of Honor were given for the indiscriminate slaughter of women and children than for any battle in World War I, World War II,… — Aaron Huey
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. — Lane Evans
Canada entered World War I as a colony and came out a nation... — Bruce Hutchison
My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I. — Douglass North
We experienced similiar fears in the 1880s, at the end of World War I and II. And we ran out in the 1970s. — Daniel Yergin
After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central… — Kenzaburo Oe
Remember, we know the end of the story of World War II and the Cold War. But day by day, living in fear of the… — Christopher Bond
The international order established at the end of World War II could certainly have been worse. However, this order did contain certain factors which bore… — Eisaku Sato
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and… — Harry Seidler
A personal story of the horrors that Poles lived through during World War II. When God Looked the Other Way, above all else, explains why… — Arnold Beichman
The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a… — Jan Peter Balkenende
World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms race. — Herman Kahn
When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood… — Lukas Foss
The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought… — Albert Pike
Wicksell's old-fashioned liberalism is reminiscent of John Maynard Keynes' attitude toward conscription during World War I. Keynes opposed conscription, but he was not a pacifist.… — Mancur Olson
The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to have… — Jeremy Clarkson
And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women… — Oliver North
And of course there is so much of World War II that is documented that we never have seen — Oliver North
The current situation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear plants is in a way the most severe crisis in the 65 years since World… — Naoto Kan
As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who… — Rene Cassin
In this era of world wars, in this atomic age, values have changed. We have learned that we are guests of existence, travelers between two… — Boris Pasternak
Books have survived television, radio, talking pictures, circulars (early magazines), dailies (early newspapers), Punch and Judy shows, and Shakespeare's plays. They have survived World War… — Vicki Myron
The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is… — Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

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