“I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.” PeopleWorldStatesCausesUnitedUnited StatesSacrificeRevolutionVictoryDestructionPreparedStrikesNuclearImperialismProposeCubanLaunchingCuban Revolution Author:Fidel Castro
“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.” IfsShouldWarStatesEnoughCertainHouseNamesTermWhiteUnitedWonderBreakUnited StatesSacrificeVictoryPoliticianArgumentPreparedFinalsOutcomesJapanMarchWhite HouseHawaiiSan FranciscoHostilityHave ConfidenceBreak OutPhilippinesArmchairsGuam Author:Isoroku Yamamoto
“As we know, the goal of every struggle is victory. But if the proletariat is to achieve victory, all the workers, irrespective of nationality, must be united. Clearly, the demolition of national barriers and close unity between the Russian, Georgian, Armenian, Polish, Jewish and other proletarians is a necessary condition for the victory of the proletariat of all Russia.” IfsKnowsGoalUnitedStruggleAchieveConditionsVictoryUnityWorkersRussiaBarriersPolishNationalityProletariatArmeniansDemolitionGeorgians Author:Joseph Stalin
“For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable, strong and independent United Nations, no matter their hypocritical pronouncements otherwise. What they want is a weak, beholden, indebted scapegoat of an organization, which they can blame for their failures or steal victories from.” WantCountryMatterStrongNationsUnitedRiskVictoryMembersWeakOrganizationIndependentBlameStealingObjectivesServingSmallestUnited NationsHypocriticalScapegoatIndebted Author:Roméo Dallaire
“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.” KnowsShouldCountryStatesUseAbleForceUnitedDealsUnited StatesModernVictoryWeaponsUnionsBlowStrikesNuclearCrushCombatSovietNuclear WeaponsSocialistSoviet UnionStrategicReadinessAggressorsDetectionSocialist Countries Author:Dmitriy Ustinov
“Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with a list of black men that were qualified to be the president of the United States. So the Obama victory is progress for white people.” PeopleMenYearsHas BeensStatesBlackPresidentWhiteUnitedUnited StatesProgressGoes OnVictoryListsBlack PeopleCould Have BeenQualifiedCarver Author:Chris Rock
“Hearing, seeing and understanding each other, humanity from one end of the earth to the other now lives simultaneously, omnipresent like a god thanks to its own creative ability. And, thanks to its victory over space and time, it would now be splendidly united for all time, if it were not confused again and again by that fatal delusion which causes humankind to keep on destroying this grandiose unity and to destroy itself with the same resources which gave it power over the elements.” IfsEndsEarthHumanityCausesUnderstandingAbilitySpaceUnitedCreativeSeeingVictoryElementsResourcesDestructionUnityHearingAll TimeThanksConfusedDelusionDestroyingHumankindAgain And AgainTime And SpaceGrandioseUnderstanding Each Other Author:Stefan Zweig
“I renew my call for the occupier (the United States) to leave our land. The departure of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq, victory for Islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and infidels.” MeanStatesUnitedUnited StatesLandVictoryIslamDefeatIraqTerrorismStabilityDepartureInfidel Author:Muqtada al Sadr
“There was always this sense, even early on in the campaign, that if the senator Obama could score this upset victory in Iowa, that there was a pretty good chance that he would end up being president of the United States.” IfsEndsStatesPresidentChanceUnitedUnited StatesVictoryCampaignsUpsetScoreSenatorsIowaGood Chance Author:Josh Earnest
“I think the media has become incredibly corrupt. We used to have a profound tradition of investigative journalism in the United States. Some journalists were real heroes, such as Bob Woodward who helped uncover the Watergate scandal. But today he is leading the opposite charge, trying to bring down the careers of people and score easy victories. In other words, those who used to bust the status quo have now become the status quo.” PeopleThinkingTryingRealStatesTodayUsedEasyUnitedCareersUnited StatesMediaHeroVictoryTraditionOppositesProfoundJournalismJournalistScoreBobStatus QuoScandalWatergateReal HeroesInvestigative Journalism Author:Marianne Williamson
“In the United States, the day when you pay your taxes is a day of mourning because this alien force - the government - is coming to rob you of your hard-earned money. That's the general attitude, and it's a tremendous victory for the opponents of democracy, and, of course, any privileged sector is going to hate democracy. You can see it in the healthcare debate.” HardStatesGovernmentHateCoursesForceUnitedPayAttitudeUnited StatesDemocracyVictoryTaxesDebateAliensOpponentsMourningHealthcarePrivileged Author:Noam Chomsky
“One of the things that I've learned, and I think we've all learned, is that we are not going to get the kind of decisive, permanent victories in this fight against terrorism that we would get from fighting another country. We're not going to get that MacArthur/Emperor moment, because by definition, even after decimating Al Qaeda in the Fata, even after taking out [Osama] bin Laden there's still people there who have both the interest and the capacity if we don't maintain vigilance to strike against the United States.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindStillsCountryStatesMomentsFightingInterestUnitedUnited StatesVictoryCapacityDefinitionsTerrorismStrikesPermanentI've LearnedAlsEmperorBin LadenAl QaedaOsama Bin LadenVigilanceMacarthur Author:Barack Obama
“Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has never made a successful peace because peace requires exchanging ideas, concepts, thoughts, and recognizing the fact that two distinct systems of life can exist together without conflict. Consider how quickly America seems to be facing its allies of one war as new enemies.” IfsMadeTwoIdeasWarCountryStatesFactsSeemsTogetherLastsAmericaNamesLostUnitedEnemyUnited StatesSuccessfulVictoryConflictConceptsIndianAlliesRecognizingExchangingExchanging Ideas Author:Vine Deloria Jr.
“The fact that an African American sits in the White House at the helm of government in the United States of America on this 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation represents both phenomenal political symbolism and a victory of faith in democracy that should not be lost on any American.” ShouldStatesFactsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalHouseLostWhiteUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyVictorySlaveryAfrican AmericanWhite HouseUnited States Of AmericaAbrahamPhenomenalSymbolismEmancipationProclamationHelmEmancipation Proclamation Book:Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry Source: Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
“Holy shadows of the dead, I'm not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people, to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.” PeopleIfsFeelsWould BeFightingNextLanguageNationsUnitedVisionFateBloodMinesBrotherVictoryHolyShadowStandingArmyBlameContraryGladBitterRivalry Author:Alexander the Great
“In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.” IfsFirstsWarStatesRunningWinningUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryMonthsVictorySixExpectationsBritainWorld War IiTwelveWorld War IWwiiWorld War 2Great BritainHistorical Military Author:Isoroku Yamamoto
“United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory.” WorldWarHelpingFightingCausesUnitedVictoryDeterminationWar Of The WorldsWwiiWorld War 2UnshakableGreatest VictoryUnshakable Faith Book:Crusade in Europe Source: Crusade in Europe
“The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.” WorldHas BeensWarStatesIndividualUnitedEnemyUnited StatesMovementVictoryBattleUltimateFinalsDefeatIslandsWar Of The WorldsCollectivesContinuingMarineWorld War 2NavalUnited States MarineForward MovementUnited States NavyIwo Jima Author:Chester W. Nimitz
“Events of October 1962 indicated, as they had all through history, that control of the sea means security. Control of the seas can mean peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the seas if it is to protect your security.” IfsMeanStatesUnitedUnited StatesSeaSecurityEventsVictoryProtectNavyOctoberNavalUnited States Navy Author:John F. Kennedy
“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.” ChildrenWarStatesDiesFightingAsksProcessPoorUnitedPovertyUnited StatesVictoryTownsOur ChildrenVictimSoldierIraqNeighborhoodPrisonerScreamAntiwarUrbanVolunteerSmall TownComradeHumiliatedAbu Ghraib Author:Arundhati Roy
“There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will say: 'Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of the world.'” WorldMindStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesDoubtWrittenVictoryPagesFinalsNo DoubtUnited States Of AmericaBushism Author:George W. Bush
“We've seen their kind before. The terrorists are the heirs to fascism. They have the same wield of power, the same disdain for the individual, the same mad global ambitions. And they will be dealt with in just the same way. Like all fascists, the terrorists can not be appeased. They must be defeated. This struggle will not end in a truce or a treaty. It will end in victory for the United States, our friends and for the cause of freedom.” WayKindEndsStatesIndividualCausesUnitedUnited StatesStruggleVictoryAmbitionMadTerroristFascismDefeatedCan NotTreatiesFascistsHeirsDisdainTruce Author:George W. Bush
“I give it as my fixed opinion, that but for our graduated cadets, the war between the United States and Mexico might, and probably would have lasted some four or five years, with, in its first half, more defeats than victories falling to our share; whereas, in less than two campaigns, we conquered a great country and a peace without the loss of a single battle or skirmish.” GivingYearsFirstsTwoWarCountryStatesMightFallLossUnitedHalfOpinionUnited StatesFiveFourShareVictoryBattleDefeatCampaignsFixedFive YearsMexicoGreat CountryCadets Author:Winfield Scott
“This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail young men who only acted to oppose terrorism in the United States.” MenWarStatesRealityYoungUnitedUnited StatesVictoryProtectTerrorTerrorismTerroristYoung ManJailHypocriteWar On Terror Author:Ricardo Alarcon