Aftermath of World War I

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

    Today we know that World War II began not in 1939 or 1941 but in the 1920’s and 1930’s when those who should have known better persuaded themselves that they were not their brother’s keeper.
    Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)

    The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn’t threaten us.
    David Mamet (b. 1947)

    You went to meet the shell’s embrace of fire
    On Vimy Ridge; and when you fell that day
    The war seemed over more for you than me,
    But now for me than you the other way.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)