Believe Quote by William Golding

Before the Second World War I believed in the perfectibility of social man; that a correct structure of society would produce goodwill; and that…

— William Golding

Every great moment of social change was once a confirmed impossibility. People's determination in the face of overwhelming odds has, time and again, triumphed…

— Tim Winton

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century.

— Stella Blum

It is important to understand the continuing, confused fascination with the Second World War. For most of us, the great unspoken question is how…

— Antony Beevor

What, in the name of common-sense, had I to do with any better society than I had always lived in?

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

When the war started, religion and superstition (whatever the difference is) permeated the lives of ordinary soldiers, who lived in a thought world not…

— Philip Jenkins

In one sense, I have always felt glad to have had the war [World War II] in my childhood, because, as a result, nothing…

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I did not believe in the war. I thought it was wrong to go into any war. And I got to the war, and…

— Andy Rooney

I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period that's epic…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I believed - and believe - that capitalism works best for a freedom-loving society, that it brings more prosperity to more people than any…

— Katharine Graham

Just as the people who lived through the Second World War thought different things on different days, I think everybody who goes through that…

— Nicholson Baker

In the world I lived in, the world of human people, there were ties and debts and consequences and good deeds. That was what…

— Charlaine Harris