History of Niue - World War I

Famous quotes containing the words war i, world and/or war:

“War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight,
The lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

“It was a gift that he possessed alone:
To look the world directly in the face;
The face he did not see to be his own.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Testimony of all ages forces us to admit that war is among the most dangerous enemies to liberty, and that the executive is the branch most favored by it of all the branches of Power.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)