Famous quotes containing the words war ii, world and/or war:
“Theres no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadnt invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for World War II½. Can we count on Saddam Hussein to come along every year and resolve our defense-policy debates? Given the history of the Middle East, its possible.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“It is too latethe world is too dark for any thought ahead. Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it!”
—Clara Barton (18211912)
“The war is utter damn nonsensea vast cancer fed by lies and self seeking [sic] malignity on the part of those who dont do the fighting.”
—John Dos Passos (18961970)