For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the position left to him.
If one seeks to analyze experiences and reactions to the first postwar years, I hope one may say without being accused of bias that it is easier for the victor than for the vanquished to advocate peace.
The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.
Justice has nothing to do with victor nations and vanquished nations, but must be a moral standard that all the world's peoples can agree to. To seek this and to achieve it - that is true civilization.
Science has produced such powerful weapons that in a war between great powers there would be neither victor nor vanquished. Both would be overwhelmed in destruction.
I believe that history is written by the victors, but what about the vanquished? They also have a story to tell.
If wars were won by superior technology alone, the United States would not have been vanquished in Vietnam or waylaid in Afghanistan.
Letters had always defeated distance, but with the coming of e-mail, time seemed to be vanquished as well.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
