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“Peace has its victories no less than war, but it doesn't have as many monuments to unveil.”

War Peace Victory Anti War Antiwar Monument Peace War Ubuntu No War Achieving Peace Unveiling

Book:The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic Drawings

Source: The Best of Kin Hubbard: Abe Martin's Sayings and Wisecracks, Abe's Neighbors, His Almanack, Comic Drawings

“Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes... can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.”

War Peace Victory Concern Settling Anti War Antiwar Disputes Unconditional Great Power

Author:John F. Kennedy

“If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.”

Ifs Long War Enough Turns Victory Defeat Anti War Antiwar Victory Defeat

Author:Simone de Beauvoir

“Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.”

Life War Humor Force Victory Conquer Anti War Antiwar Life Is Short Short Lived

Author:Abraham Lincoln

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary.”

War Violence Victory Defeat Sunset Anti War Antiwar Cynicism Defeated Idealism Momentary Great War Victory And Defeat Victory Defeat Violence And War Violent Man

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“Victory means exit strategy. And it's important for the president to explain to us what the exit strategy is.”

Mean Important War Peace President Victory Strategy Anti War Antiwar Exit

Author:George W. Bush

“After every ''victory'' you have more enemies.”

War Peace Enemy Victory Anti War Antiwar

Author:Jeanette Winterson

“How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?”

Men War Peace Victory Delight Anti War Rejoice Antiwar Enlightening Slaughter Determinism

Author:Laozi

“Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.”

Wells War Nations Materials Victory Convinced Well Being Anti War Antiwar Aggression Conquest

Book:Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War

Source: Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War

“One more such victory and we are undone.”

War Peace Victory Anti War Antiwar Undone Ubuntu

Author:Pyrrhus of Epirus

“After victory, you have more enemies.”

War Enemy Victory Anti War Antiwar

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.”

“Each of the Iraqi children killed by the United States was our child. Each of the prisoners tortured in Abu Ghraib was our comrade. Each of their screams was ours. When they were humiliated, we were humiliated. The U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq - mostly volunteers in a poverty draft from small towns and poor urban neighborhoods - are victims just as much as the Iraqis of the same horrendous process, which asks them to die for a victory that will never be theirs.”

“No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.”

War Enough Nations Peace Victory Army Guarantees Anti War Antiwar No War Rehabilitation

Author:Calvin Coolidge