Uhlan/history/world War I

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

    “War is no strife
    To the dark house and the detested wife.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.”
    —Ben C. Bradlee (b. 1921)

    “It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)