#victory

I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012. ↗

— Ken Salazar

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Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth. ↗

— George Santayana

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When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. ↗

— George Savile

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The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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The bomb and the entrance of the Russians into the war will certainly have an effect on hastening the victory. ↗

— Henry L. Stimson

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

— Abraham Lincoln

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My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear. ↗

— James Longstreet

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Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#be strong #brave #build #defeat #enough

In war there is no substitute for victory. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#victory #war

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

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