- Nov 07, 2020
War Quotes
War, remembered and reckoned with.
This topic pairs literary observation, such as a novelist's take on the social fabric depicted in a sprawling Tolstoy epic, with hard historical fact about the 1962 border conflict between China and India. Readers interested in broader historical context can visit History.
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- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's interesting when you read the debates in parliaments between MPs about whether they should give women a vote. It's a lot of fear; it is fear of change. It's fear if women get to vote, family structures will break down. Women will stop having children. Women won't vote for war.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People were consuming on average less calories after the war than during the war. Things were still very tough. If you look at the film footage of London streets, even in areas which weren't slums, there are kids in the streets who are dirty and have no shoes on. It was rough. There was a real edge.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wrote and recorded 'Outside the War' and 'Run from the Races' while I was nine months pregnant.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Right now we're in the middle of a cultural war between the Muslims and the Western world. The politicians get in the way, but if you put two people together in a room, they can talk it out and work it out, just like Anna and the King.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wonder how many people would have thought at the end of World War II that the capitalist system would be one that was meeting the challenges and making things better for people as we approach the 21st century.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1940, President Roosevelt called on American industry to become the 'great arsenal of democracy.' Automotive manufacturers in Michigan responded and converted their assembly lines from cars to tanks and helped America win World War II.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surviving is the only glory in war.
- Detested
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
- Exploitation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imperialist exploitation and an unjust international economic order are a cause of war.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020