The '50s in general are written off as a boring decade following the turmoil of the Second World War and its immediate aftermath - the postwar Labour government, the cold war, the arrival of the New Look in fashion, etc. But I remember it as a very exciting time - a pioneering, rule-breaking time, especially for the young. - Lynne Reid Banks 1 Share Now -
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly. - Bernard Law Montgomery 3 Share Now -
My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister. - Naomi Shihab Nye 4 Share Now -
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. - Hubert H. Humphrey 5 Share Now -
When it comes to war, we focus more on the mainstream coverage of the event, rather than the event itself. People dying is never funny. Protest puppets are always funny. - Mo Rocca 6 Share Now -
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics. - H. Rap Brown 8 Share Now -
Discount my partiality, but my report is that so far The Winds of War is looking good. - Herman Wouk 9 Share Now -
He belonged to that army known as invincible in peace, invisible in war. - William Tecumseh Sherman 10 Share Now -
