Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
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Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition
So clear of victory,
As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break agonized and clear.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)

To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.