„This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone“

— Hunter S. Thompson

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„Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.“
— Sun Tzu
„War is not won by victory.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.“
— Franz Kafka
„The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„It's not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. This new version is the past and no different past can ever have existed. In principle the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia but to keep the very structure of society intact.“
— George Orwell