"The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
War
More From Charles de Secondat
- "Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations."
- "Society is the union of men and not the men themselves."
- "People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout."
More In War
- "Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely."― Thomas Huxley
- "We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn’t like. It has no resemblance to democracy."― Joni Mitchell
- "I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War."― Dave Barry