Children Quote by Vanessa Redgrave

It is so important that British children are taught about the World Wars that their great grandparents fought in and lived through. It was…

— Vera Lynn

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great…

— Harold Pinter

In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.

— Yoko Ono

“During World War II, a few years after Norma Jeane’s time in an orphanage, thousands of children were evacuated from the air raids and…

— Gloria Steinem

I was a happy child, just 9 years old, and I knew nothing about war.

— Phan Thi Kim Phuc

The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both my parents…

— Doris Lessing

I used to have nightmares about the civil war when I got to England at ages 14 to 15. It took me some years…

— Alek Wek

One of the reasons it's important for me to write about war is I really think that the concept of war, the specifics of…

— Suzanne Collins

Having been raised during the war, I know very well how childhood hampered by displacement, poverty, violence, and fear looks like.

— Edin Dzeko

The prospect of voluntarily travelling to a war zone with your young children is not one which most British women would ever even consider.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

Being in London has really taught me how important history is. Just having information of the past. It helps you predict the future, which…

— Donald Glover

Never forget the importance of history. To know nothing of what happened before you took your place on earth, is to remain a child…

— Anonymous