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There is hardly such a thing as a war in which it makes no difference who wins. Nearly always one side stands more or less for progress, the other side more or less for reaction.

— George Orwell

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.

— Neville Chamberlain

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

— Charles de Secondat

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

Is victory sweet because your side wins - or is it really because the other side loses?

— John Podhoretz

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

— Carl von Clausewitz

War may be made by one party, but it requires two to make peace.

— John C. Calhoun

It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in order to obtain this objective or that. In fact, the opposite is true: people very often take up one objective or another precisely in order that they may fight.

— Martin Van Creveld

In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

— Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

✗Opposing Perspectives

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

— Yoko Ono