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World War I Quotes

World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending for war. During the Depression very modest outlays for the unemployed seemed socially debilitating, economically unsound. Now expenditures many times greater for weapons and soldiers were perfectly safe. It's a difference that still persists Picture Quote #1

My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years Picture Quote #1

I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II Picture Quote #1

[British description of U. S. Soldiers stationed in England during World War II] they’re over - paid, they’re over-sexed, and they’re over here Picture Quote #1

I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in World War I Picture Quote #1

It’s kind of a terrible irony, in a way, that the solution to America’s problems was World War II Picture Quote #1

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Living with my grandmother in Bath, I sort of thought I was living in the 19th century. My grandmother was someone who, in a way, was rather defiantly trying to live a pre-World War I existence Picture Quote #1

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II Picture Quote #1

Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn’t have the anxiety that we’d starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know Picture Quote #1

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn’t want to be put into that box Picture Quote #1

I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music Picture Quote #1

I made a French film called ‘Merry Christmas’ which is a very European film. It’s a World War I piece Picture Quote #1

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I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere Picture Quote #1

I won’t stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I won’t stop standing up for veterans because my father served in World War II Picture Quote #1

In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening Picture Quote #1

Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now Picture Quote #1

My mom enlisted in the U. S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill Picture Quote #1

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation’s history and the world’s future Picture Quote #1

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Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II Picture Quote #1

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain Picture Quote #1

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II Picture Quote #1

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut Picture Quote #1

There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America’s factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country Picture Quote #1

Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper Picture Quote #1

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We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy Picture Quote #1

What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology Picture Quote #1

What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I Picture Quote #1

When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I Picture Quote #1

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress Picture Quote #1

World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man Picture Quote #1

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World War II revealed two of the enduring features of the Keynesian Revolution. One was the moral difference between spending for welfare and spending for war. During the Depression very modest outlays for the unemployed seemed socially debilitating, economically unsound. Now expenditures many times greater for weapons and soldiers were perfectly safe. It's a difference that still persists (World War I Quotes) My mother lived in Holland, and during World War II was incarcerated in a Japanese camp for three years (World War I Quotes) I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II (World War I Quotes) [British description of U. S. Soldiers stationed in England during World War II] they’re over - paid, they’re over-sexed, and they’re over here (World War I Quotes) I was born in Vienna on November 7, 1929, eleven years after the multiethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart following its defeat in World War I (World War I Quotes) It’s kind of a terrible irony, in a way, that the solution to America’s problems was World War II (World War I Quotes) Living with my grandmother in Bath, I sort of thought I was living in the 19th century. My grandmother was someone who, in a way, was rather defiantly trying to live a pre-World War I existence (World War I Quotes) Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II (World War I Quotes) Even during the rationing period, during World War II, we didn’t have the anxiety that we’d starve, because we grew our own potatoes, you know? And our own hogs, and our own cows and stuff, you know (World War I Quotes) I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn’t want to be put into that box (World War I Quotes) I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music (World War I Quotes) I made a French film called ‘Merry Christmas’ which is a very European film. It’s a World War I piece (World War I Quotes) I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere (World War I Quotes) I won’t stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband is a doctor, just like I won’t stop standing up for veterans because my father served in World War II (World War I Quotes) In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening (World War I Quotes) Just after World War II, this country led the world in science by every way you could measure it, yet the number of scientists was a tiny proportion of what it is now (World War I Quotes) My mom enlisted in the U. S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill (World War I Quotes) Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation’s history and the world’s future (World War I Quotes) Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II (World War I Quotes) The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain (World War I Quotes) The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II (World War I Quotes) There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut (World War I Quotes) There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America’s factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country (World War I Quotes) Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper (World War I Quotes) We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy (World War I Quotes) What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology (World War I Quotes) What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I (World War I Quotes) When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was always referred to as the war debt because it stemmed from World War I (World War I Quotes) Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress (World War I Quotes) World War II ended the Great Depression with one of the great public-private industrial collaborations in the history of man (World War I Quotes)

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