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We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.
We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.
In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.
In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.
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.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa read more
The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.]
Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.
Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.
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.
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.
Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.
Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the Attack.
