#world war ii

It took us 50 months in Germany, post World War II to go from the end of the war to a national election. ↗

— Frank Carlucci

#end #germany #go #ii #months

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. ↗

— Barry Commoner

#about #after #ago #assault #began

I could never understand how we could put 120,000 Japanese behind a fence in World War II. I remember being bewildered about that. ↗

— Phil Donahue

#behind #being #bewildered #could #fence

We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II. ↗

— John Thune

#any #economy #end #entire #ii

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era. ↗

— Ken Follett

#favorite #fourth #i #ii #middle

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. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#approach #better #capitalist #century #challenges

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#happened #ii #lot #sense #shaped

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#fully #ii #never #our #our world

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II. ↗

— Thor Heyerdahl

#actions #always #bear #before #cause

Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.' ↗

— Laura Hillenbrand

#alive #both #californians #experiences #fascinated