To renounce the conquest of power is voluntarily to leave the power with those who wield it, the exploiters. The essence of every revolution consisted and consists in putting a new class in power, thus enabling it to realize its own program in life. It is impossible to wage war and to reject victory.
And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense.
They've not been able to control any Iraqi city. We're waging war against this snake and we will be victorious.
Once upon a time our traditional goal in war and can anyone doubt that we are at war? - was victory. Once upon a time we were proud of our strength, our military power. Now we seem ashamed of it. Once upon a time the rest of the world looked to us for leadership. Now they look to us for a quick handout and a fence-straddling international posture.
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
One makes war to win, not because it's just.
Wars are not won by evacuations.
Young Americans must never again be sent to fight and die unless we are prepared to let them win.
Wars may be fought by decent men, but they're not won by them.
