Cold War 1947-1953

Famous quotes containing the words cold and/or war:

    April is in my mistress’ face,
    And July in her eyes hath place,
    Within her bosom is September,
    But in her heart a cold December.
    —Unknown. Subject #4: July Subject #5: September Subject #6: December. All Seasons in One. . .

    Oxford Book of Sixteenth Century Verse, The. E. K. Chambers, comp. (1932)

    There are two things which will always be very difficult for a democratic nation: to start a war and to end it.
    Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)