"If it is difficult to start a war, it is almost impossible to end it until it has run its course — that is, until one side is completely ruined and the other side almost, if not quite, ruined." Historian R. B. Mowat in 1936, quoted by Chas Freeman
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Monday, 27 October 2025
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“People who like quotes love meaningless generalisations.” Graham Greene
"If it is difficult to start a war, it is almost impossible to end it until it has run its course — that is, until one side is completely ruined and the other side almost, if not quite, ruined." Historian R. B. Mowat in 1936, quoted by Chas Freeman
"Nothing is more dangerous to a nation than victory. Very few people know how to taste a victory without being swallowed up by it. Defeat is the supreme stimulus for a nation of spirit." Léon Gambetta, quoted by Chas Freeman
"If it is difficult to start a war, it is almost impossible to end it until it has run its course — that is, until one side is completely ruined and the other side almost, if not quite, ruined." Historian R. B. Mowat in 1936, quoted by Chas Freeman
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