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“Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.”

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Book:Four Novels of George Eliot

Source: Four Novels of George Eliot

“I think the Messianic concept, which is the Jewish offering to mankind, is a great victory. What does it mean? It means that history has a sense, a meaning, a direction; it goes somewhere, and necessarily in a good direction--the Messiah.”

Thinking Mean Doe Mankind Victory Concepts Offering Messiah Great Victory

Book:Elie Wiesel: Conversations

Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations

“Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.”

Source: The Advancement of Learning

“I have never met anyone who built a bomb shelter and felt protected by it. I have never met a modern military man who did not realize that military victory is a concept which became obsolete with the coming of the nuclear age, and most civilians realize this also. Wisdom demands that we stop preparing to wage a war which would eliminate mankind - and start preparing to eliminate the seeds of war.”

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.”

Ifs Kind Helping Mankind Products Victory Projects Get Up

Author:Oliver Stone

“Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind. We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over. We're all divided, but some of us have children, and we are invested in the future and would like to see good things happen.”

Kind Children Helping Mankind Praying Victory Destruction Good Things Things Happen

Author:Oliver Stone

“Here, in Alethkar, men often spoke of the legends -- of mankind's hard-won victory over the Voidbringers. But when weapons created to fight nightmares were turned against common soldiers, the lives of men became cheap things indeed.”

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Book:Warbreaker

Source: Warbreaker