World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years. Ken Follett battlebigcontinue share on social
Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace. Norman Finkelstein accomplishpeacepoint Change image and share on social
The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war. Townsend Harris dangerousjapaneseopium Change image and share on social
I'd done the method bit before from, like, age 15 to 19. I was a Civil War re-enactor. Cary Fukunaga agebitecivil Change image and share on social
Koizumi was not rooted in Japan's rightwing nationalist tradition: he was a pragmatist and a populist. Abe, in contrast, is a rightwing nationalist. Unlike Koizumi, for example, he has questioned the validity of the postwar Tokyo trials of Japan's wartime leaders, which found many of them guilty of war crimes. Martin Jacques abecontrastcrime share on social
When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interesting is to not make it an anti-war play, because I actually think there are important times to go to war in this world. That's just the reality. But what's interesting is the not caring. Douglas Carter Beane anticareimportant share on social
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. Livy calculationfrequentlyupset Change image and share on social
When we analyze this war in a materialistic way and ask when is it going to end and who will be the winner and the loser, it means that we do not see the endgame. Bashar al-Assad analyzeendendgame Change image and share on social
We have to realize that science is a double-edged sword. One edge of the sword can cut against poverty, illness, disease and give us more democracies, and democracies never war with other democracies, but the other side of the sword could give us nuclear proliferation, biogerms and even forces of darkness. Michio Kaku biogermscutdarkness share on social
As a child growing up in World War II, I was very moved and stirred by what was going on, but I distanced myself from history. I regarded history as just one more subject. Ann Rinaldi childdistancegrow Change image and share on social