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So we won. But what did we do with our victory? We unleashed the power of turbo-capitalism. Dominic Sandbrook, Strange Days – Cold War Britain III, BBC 2013
It is not truth that matters, but victory. Adolf Hitler
‘Victory is a marvellous emollient.’ Thatcher: The Downing Street Years III: Midnight in Moscow, Twilight in London, Thatcher, BBC 1993
Victory is life! Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s5e15: By Inferno’s Light, Jem’Hadar v Worf
How hollow is the sound of victory without someone to share it with. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s6e7: You Are Cordially Invited ..., Martok to Worf
There will be no victory. Only strikes and riots. Nicholas & Alexandra 1971 starring Michael Jayston & Janet Suzman & Laurence Olivier & Tom Baker & Timothy West & & Jack Hawkins & Brian Cox et al, director Franklin J Schaffner, sidekick
To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite;
To forgive wrongs darker than death or night;
To defy Power, which seems omnipotent;
To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates
From its own wreck the thing it contemplates;
Neither to change, nor falter, no repent;
This, like thy glory, Titan is to be
Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free;
This is alone Life, Joy, Empire and Victory. Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short lived. Abraham Lincoln
It’s not my victory, it’s yours and yours and yours. If a gay can win, it means there is hope that the system can work for all minorities if we fight. We’ve given them hope. Harvey Milk
I would say to the House as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs – Victory in spite of all terror – Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival. Winston Churchill, House of Commons 13th May 1940
The victory fell on us. Macbeth 2001 starring Antony Sher & Harriet Walter, director Gregory Doran Roundhouse London, report of battle
Where there is unity there is always victory. Publilius Syrus
The greatest of victories is the victory over oneself. Pali Tipitaka
Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat. Jean-Paul Sartre
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. J Donald Walters
One more such victory and we are lost. Pyrrhus, 319-272 B.C.
Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. Count Galeazzo Ciano, 1903-44
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There’s an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, cited Bartleby online
Even victors are by victories undone. John Dryden, 1631-1700
The politicians of New York ... see nothing wrong in the rule that to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy. William Learned Marchy, speech to Senate 25th January 1832
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories. Polybius c.200-c.118 B.C.
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. Marcus Aurelius
Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory. Bill Russell
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. Josh Billings
Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napoleon Bonaparte
The most dangerous moment comes with victory. Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. Mahatma Gandhi
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. Augustine, De Civitate Dei
There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted. Hunter S Thompson
Victory in Iraq will be a major ideological triumph in the struggle of the twenty-first century. George W Bush
In war, whichever side may call itself a victor, there are no winners, but all are losers. Neville Chamberlain
‘This is victory. This is what winning looks like.’ General Allen to US army in Afghanistan, cited This is What Winning Looks Like, Vice TV 2013
All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. George Orwell, 1984
Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory. John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
He had an idea that even when beaten he could steal a little victory by laughing at defeat. John Steinbeck, East of Eden
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement. Tacitus
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. Sun Tzu
In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory. Douglas MacArthur