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“The peace we seek to win is not victory over any other people, but the peace that comes "with healing in its wings;" with compassion for those who have suffered; with understanding for those who have opposed us; with the opportunity for all the peoples of this Earth to choose their own destiny.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969

“It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.”

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Author:Benito Mussolini

“We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist.”

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Author:Queen Victoria

“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”

“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”

“History is written by the victors.”

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Book:Proceedings of the International Churchill Societies 1992-1993

Source: Proceedings of the International Churchill Societies 1992-1993

“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”

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Author:A. J. P. Taylor

“Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.”

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Author:Benito Mussolini

“People want to know why the South is so interested in the Civil War. I had maybe, it's a rough guess, about fifty fistfights in my life. Out of those fifty fistfights, the ones that I had the most vivid memory of were the ones I lost. I think that's one reason why the South remembers the war more than the North does.”

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Author:Shelby Foote

“The difficulty with humorists is that they will mix what they believe with what they don't; whichever seems likelier to win an effect.”

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Author:John Updike

“Let me tell you what is coming. After the sacrifice of countless millions of treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives you may win Southern independence, but I doubt it. The North is determined to preserve this Union. They are not a fiery, impulsive people as you are, for they live in colder climates. But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche.”