World War I

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

    “My topic for Army reunions ... this summer: How to prepare for war in time of peace. Not by fortifications, by navies, or by standing armies. But by policies which will add to the happiness and the comfort of all our people and which will tend to the distribution of intelligence [and] wealth equally among all. Our strength is a contented and intelligent community.”
    —Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

    “All the world knows how to cry but not all the world knows how to sigh.
    Sighing is extra.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)

    “My curse on plays
    That have to be set up in fifty ways,
    On the day’s war with every knave and dolt,
    Theater business, management of men.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)