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“The slightest force, when it is applied to assist and guide the natural descent of its object, operates with irresistible weight; and Jovian had the good fortune to embrace the religious opinions which were supported by the spirit of the times and the zeal and numbers of the most powerful sect. Under his reign, Christianity obtained an easy and lasting victory; and, as soon as the smile of royal patronage was withdrawn, the genius of Paganism, which had been fondly raised and cherished by the arts of Julian, sunk irrecoverably in the dust.”

Source: THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes): From the Height of the Roman Empire, the Age of Trajan and the Antonines - to the Fall of Byzantium; Including a Review of the Crusades, and the State of Rome during the Middle Ages

“Between women love is contemplative; caresses are intended less to gain possession of the other than gradually to re-create the self through her; separateness is abolished, there is no struggle, no victory, no defeat; in exact reciprocity each is at once subject and object, sovereign and slave; duality become mutuality.”

Self Love Is Struggle Subjects Objects Victory Gains Slave Defeat Possession Sovereign Duality Reciprocity Contemplative Caress Separateness

Book:The Second Sex

Source: The Second Sex

“In accordance to the principles of doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour. A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects, and its object is not victory over Eurasia or Eastasia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.”

Ifs Different War Real Matter Past Effort Principles Poverty Groups Subjects Objects Ignorance Victory Bases Structure East Versions Meant To Be Asia Ruling Starvation East Asia

Author:Michael Moore

“Go, therefore, to meet the foe with two objects before you, either victory or death. For men animated by such a spirit must always overcome their adversaries, since they go into battle ready to throw away their lives.”

Men Two Spirit Military Objects Ready Victory Battle Overcoming Foe Adversaries Animated

Author:Scipio Africanus

“A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance, this new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact.”

Different War Past Effort Principles Poverty Groups Subjects Objects Ignorance Victory Bases Structure East Versions Asia Ruling Starvation East Asia

Author:George Orwell

“The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.”

War Objects Victory Occupation Conquest

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte