Michael Zeleny (larvatus) wrote,
Michael Zeleny
larvatus

nobel laureates, 1953 / 2009

“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, 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.”
—Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 13 May 1940

“This isn’t a football game, so I’m not interested in victory; I’m interested in resolving the problem.”
—Barack Hussein Obama, 25 September 2009
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