"As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss."

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Source : Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”

Albert Bushnell Hart

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Loss Quotes

“Death is nothing, brother, it's life that's hard”
“People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.”
“To the extent that these [New Deal policies] developed, they were tortured interpretations of a document [the Constitution] intended to prevent them.”
“Spiritual maturity is a lifelong pursuit. We grow in spiritual maturity moment by moment, day by day, year by year.”
“The worst years of my life were the first two years I was doing standup. You're learning how to do, and you're going on stage in front of two drunks and people aren't laughing and you're broke. That's a really hard time in your life.”
“Rose: My mum's here. The Doctor: Oh, that's just what I need! Don't you dare make this place domestic! Mickey Smith: You ruined my life, Doctor. [the Doctor turns and looks at him, irritated] They thought she was dead, I was a murder suspect because of you! The Doctor: [looks at Rose] See what I mean? Domestic! Mickey: I bet you don't even remember my name! The Doctor: Ricky. Mickey: It's Mickey! The Doctor: No, it's Ricky. Mickey: I think I know my own name! The Doctor: You think you know your own name? How stupid are you?”
“The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind.”

Source : Statement in 1942. "The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won". Book by Victor Davis Hanson, 2017.
“I didn't grow up with great privilege, nor did I grow up wanting for anything. I was a middle-class kid and, relative to the rest of the world, that's great wealth.”

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