After all, he thought he was God. FBI agent on why it was difficult to negotiate with David Koresh .... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with 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. Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, in his first address as the newly appointed Prime Minister.
British politician (1874 - 1965) Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference. Voltaire
French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it. Eric Nicol [The U.S. victory in Gulf war was] a stirring victory for the forces of aggression. Dan Quayle, 4/11/91 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
US Republican politician (1947 - ) Vietnam is a jungle. You had jungle warfare. Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, you have sand. [There is no need to worry about a protracted war because] from a historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time. Dan Quayle, 10/2/90 (reported in Esquire, 8/92)
US Republican politician (1947 - ) To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy. Ancient Chinese Warlord Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week. Will Rogers
US humorist & showman (1879 - 1935) No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country. General George Patton A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbors. Dean Inge | 
