“... there was the first Balkan war and the second Balkan war and then there was the first world war. It is extraordinary how having done a thing once you have to do it again, there is the pleasure of coincidence and there is the pleasure of repetition, and so there is the second world war, and in between there was the Abyssinian war and the Spanish civil war.” WorldFirstsWarDonePleasureHistoryExtraordinaryWar Of The WorldsCivil WarWorld War ICoincidenceRepetitionSecond World WarFirst World WarBalkansSpanish Civil War Book:Wars I have seen Source: Wars I have seen
“If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures ofits inheritance on new and more stable foundations, there is indeed need for those now living fully to realize how far the decay has already progressed.” IfsWorldNeedsWarRealizingHistoryCenturyCivilizationFoundationSavedTreasureSecureWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiStableWorld War IDecayInheritanceBarbarismSubmergedIf ThenLiving Fully Author:Johan Huizinga
“We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow the madness gave way to afrenzy which would leave our poor Europe in a state of distracted stupor, with engines still turning and flags streaming in the breeze, but with the spirit gone.” IfsKnowsWorldWayStillsWarStatesSpiritPoorHistoryGoneTomorrowEuropeMadnessSurpriseWar Of The WorldsEnginesWorld War IiFlagsWorld War IBreezeDistractedStreamingDemented Author:Johan Huizinga
“History counts its skeletons in round numbers. A thousand and one remains a thousand, as though the one had never existed: an imaginary embryo, an empty cradle, ... emptiness running down steps toward the garden, nobody's place in line.” WorldWarRunningLinesNumbersStepsHistoryThousandGardenEmptyRemainsRoundsWar Of The WorldsEmptinessWorld War IiHolocaustImaginaryWorld War ICradleSkeletonsEmbryos Author:Wislawa Szymborska
“To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea, but in the course of recent history. The New Deal was ended by World War II. The New Frontier was closed by Berlin and Cuba almost before it was opened. And the Great Society lost its greatness in the jungles of Indochina.” WorldHas BeensIdeasWarCoursesFoundLostAnswersDealsHistoryMilitaryGreatnessFailureExcellenceWar Of The WorldsLiberalismWorld War IiWorld War IJungleFrontiersCubaBerlinNew DealGreat SocietyNew FrontiersIndochina Author:George McGovern
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan... We will gain the inevitable triumph so help us God.” WarStatesHelpingAmericaForceUnitedHistoryUnited StatesAirGainsYesterdayInevitableTriumphEmpiresJapanWorld War IiWorld War IUnited States Of AmericaHarborsWwiiDecemberWorld War 2Second World WarAir ForceNavalInfamyWorld War 1Pearl Harbor DayDeclaring WarPearl Harbor AttackSurprise AttacksAttacking Us Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.” WorldSaidWarEarthHistoryTakenPropagandaWar Of The WorldsWorld War IShut UpLiedColossalButchery Author:Ernest Hemingway
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” WarWinningPeaceLibertyHistoryMilitaryBattleLibertarianCombatAnti WarAntiwarWorld War IHippiePeace On EarthVietnam WarEarthquakesPeace WarNo WarYou Can WinWorld War 1Just WarAmerican WarPro War Author:Jeannette Rankin
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'” IfsMenYearsStillsWarLastsHoursHistoryDutyBearsThousandBritishEmpiresHistorianWorld War IiWorld War IHeroismThousand YearsFinestGreat WarCommonwealthBritish EmpireBritish HistoryBracesWorld War 1Never Give InEnglish HistoryFinest HourPearl Harbor DayPower Of SpeechBattle Of Britain Author:Winston Churchill
“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” HumansWarLibertyHistoryMilitaryFieldsHeroBattleConflictConservativeBritainWorld War IiWorld War IHeroismWarfareEnteringNot Giving UpMemorial DayGreat WarInspirational MilitaryAir PowerWorld War 1Military PowerCall Of DutyMilitary HistoryProwessMilitary ServiceHouse Of CommonsGood PatrioticGreat MilitaryAirmenFinest HourGreatest MilitaryUndauntedPearl Harbor DayPatriotism And WarThanking Our VeteransMilitary LifeBattle Of Britain Author:Winston Churchill
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” WarHistorySacrificeBloodMilitaryTearsHard WorkOffersDeterminationConservativeMinistersGreat MenHistorianSweatWorld War IiWorld War IFinestToilPrime MinisterHistoricWorld HistoryWwiiWorld War 2Second World WarSweatingInspirational MilitaryWorld War 1Military HistoryGreat DeterminationDarkest HourGreat MilitarySweat And TearsGreat VictoryToilingGreatest VictoryBlood Sweat And TearsMisquotingWar VictoryFinest HourHistorical MilitaryPearl Harbor DayGreatest GenerationBlood And SweatTears Of BloodBattle Of Britain Author:Winston Churchill
“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.” WarHistoryColdIronHistorianWorld War IContinentsCold WarCurtainsWorld War 2Second World WarEastern EuropeEuropean HistoryIron Curtain Author:Winston Churchill
“We learned the value of research in World War II.” WorldWarValuesHistoryKeysResearchWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Amar Bose