The myth of redemptive violence - Caesar peace and victory - is in people's bones so deeply we aren't even aware of it. You crush the opposition that's how we bring peace.
Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line no final deadline no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process the work of many decisions.
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.
The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress with its trials and its errors its successes and its setbacks can never be relaxed and never abandoned.
You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial but in victory.
I learned patience perseverance and dedication. Now I really know myself and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
Victory is everything. You can spend the money but you can never spend the memories.
If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack but are unaware that the enemy is not open to attack we have gone only halfway towards victory.
Wars may be fought with weapons but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.