231 Quotes About World-war-ii

  • Author Captain Hank Bracker
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    Suppressed I Rise is for anyone interested in a very personal, human view of the history of World War II. A mother’s attempt to protect and raise her two young daughters in hostile NAZI Germany challenges her sensibilities and resourcefulness.

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  • Author Monica Hesse
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    I would care that someone understood we were flawed and scarred and doing the best we could in this war. We were wrapped up in things that were so much bigger than ourselves. We didn't know. We didn't mean to. It wasn't our fault.

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  • Author Simone de Beauvoir
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    I could easily understand why Lambert was bored with this peace which gave us back our lives without giving us back our reasons for living.

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  • Author Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to preserve our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity

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  • Author Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace -- a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.

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  • Author Franklin D. Roosevelt
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    O Lord, give us faith. Give us faith in Thee; faith in our sons; faith in each other; faith in our united crusade. Let not the keeness of our spirit ever be dulled. Let not the impacts of temporary events, of temporal matters of but fleeting moment -- let not these deter us in our unconquerable purpose.

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  • Author Timothy Snyder
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    No major war or act of mass killing in the twentieth century began without the aggressors or perpetrators first claiming innocence and victimhood.

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