World Wars Quotes

“They made a mess of 1914. They came a cropper in 1940. And now they're working up for it again.”
― John Wyndham, Wanderers of Time

“Europe is a functioning paradox - it gave the world most of its laws, societal structures, and culture but was also the cradle of two world wars and the Holocaust.”
― Stewart Stafford

“..Thus it can be said that ‘Human Rights’ is an ever expanding subject, which grows in leaps and bounds with the evolution of knowledge, development of the society and the advancement of the world at large, thereby encompassing within its ambit newer forms of right/s as and when recognized as an inalienable ‘right’ , along with wrapped-in duties; duties, on the part of the state, the government, the human rights organizations on one hand, and duties incumbent on individuals as responsible beings owing their allegiance to the society, the society itself , and the world at large on the other...”
― Henrietta Newton Martin

“Human Rights calls for responsible behavior on the part of every individual being, and the society at large. As entwined portion of rights, duties follow, thereby it calls for performance of duties such as practicing nonviolence, solving conflicts with a dialogue, respect for the other individual or a nation, respect for human rights of other individuals etc”
― Henrietta Newton Martin;Sr Legal Consultant & Author in Law

“Full-blooded democracy still remains a brave new experiment, the history of ancient Athens notwithstanding. It would be unwise to assume that its victory across the globe is inevitable, for democracy is not always a simple mode of governing. It is almost forgotten that one reason why in this century the world stood three times on the verge of chaos — during two world wars and one world depression — was that the leading democracies were almost as prone to accidents and blunders as were their authoritarian rivals.”
― Geoffrey Blainey, In Our Time: The Issues and The People of Our Century

“Peace is mutual. War is unilateral. When war comes, it does so without your blessing or your vote.”
― A.E. Samaan