Iron Curtain/pre-cold War Usage

Famous quotes containing the words iron, curtain, war and/or usage:

    “For us she is not the iron lady. She is the kind, dear Mrs. Thatcher.”
    —Alexander Dubcek (b. 1921)

    “Nor skin nor hide nor fleece
    shall cover you,
    nor curtain of crimson nor fine
    shelter of cedar-wood be over you,
    nor the fir-tree
    nor the pine.”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    ““... But if you shrink from being scared,
    What would you say to war if it should come?
    That’s what for reasons I should like to know
    If you can comfort me by any answer.”
    “Oh, but war’s not for children it’s for men.””
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “I am using it [the word ‘perceive’] here in such a way that to say of an object that it is perceived does not entail saying that it exists in any sense at all. And this is a perfectly correct and familiar usage of the word.”
    —A.J. (Alfred Jules)