A Quote by Seneca the Younger
It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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.
It must be a peace without victory... Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last.
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.
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.
The victor is often vanquished by his own success.
The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.
The victor is not victorious if the vanquished does not consider himself so
Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
All wars eventually act as boomerangs and the victor suffers as much as the vanquished.
My wish for the American woman is that she may always be an elevating influence-man's inspiration. Let him go forth to duty while she weaves the spell which makes home a paradise to which he may return, ever welcome, whether he is victor or 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.
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