War Eagle VI

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or eagle:

    “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)

    “It was quite an insignificant looking sheet, but no sooner did the American eagle catch sight of it, than he swooned and fell off his perch.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)