Cold War 1947-1953

Famous quotes containing the words cold and/or war:

    “A cold coming we had of it,
    Just the worst time of the year
    For a journey, and such a long journey:”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Superstition, bigotry and prejudice, ghosts though they are, cling tenaciously to life; they are shades armed with tooth and claw. They must be grappled with unceasingly, for it is a fateful part of human destiny that it is condemned to wage perpetual war against ghosts. A shade is not easily taken by the throat and destroyed.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)