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The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic.

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

War is devastating, and it leaves its scars for generations.

It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.

What is crucial in dealing with loss is not to lose the lesson. That makes you a winner in the most profound sense.

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.

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.

We have overcome some terrible blows to our democracy, to the future of our democracy, to the future of our nation. We survived the Civil War and the strife that tore this nation apart.

Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.