"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 "Power ought to serve as a check to power." "Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations." "The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles." More In War "War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth."― Ernie Pyle "War is a defeat for humanity."― Pope John Paul II "Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed."― Harlan Coben