A Quote by Quintus Ennius
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
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We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That is the wonder of our Saviour's crucifixion. There have been victories all over the world, but wherever we look for the victor we expect to find him with his heel upon the neck of the vanquished. The wonder of Good Friday is that the victor lies vanquished by the vanquished one. We have to look deeper into the very heart and essence of things before we can see how real the victory is that thus hides itself under the guise of defeat.
The State, completely in its genesis, essentially and almost completely during the first stages of its existence, is a social institution, forced by a victorious group of men on a defeated group, with the sole purpose of regulating the dominion of the victorious group over the vanquished, and securing itself against revolt from within and attacks from abroad. Teleologically, this dominion had no other purpose than the economic exploitation of the vanquished by the victors.
For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
The victor is often vanquished by his own success.
The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.
Against war it may be said that it makes the victor stupid and the vanquished revengeful.
In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.
My brothers and sisters, we are all winners. In this context there is no victor and no vanquished. We have demonstrated, even in our diversity, the progress of Nigeria remains paramount for all.
In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization.
If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
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