Causes of World War II

Famous quotes containing the words world and/or war:

    People like us are unhappy in this world and in the next, I guess if we made it to heaven, we’d have to help make it thunder.
    Georg Büchner (1813–1837)

    From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth—and those who tell it—are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.
    Jane Mayer, U.S. journalist, and Jill Abramson b. 1954, U.S. journalist. Strange Justice, p. 8, Houghton Mifflin (1994)