We have met the enemy and they are ours.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

In defeat unbeatable; in victory unbearable.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

Our peace must be a peace of victors, not of the vanquished.

Victory is a thing of the will.

Victory is a thing of the will.

The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa read more

The victorious cause pleased the gods, but the victory pleased
Cato.
[Lat., Victrix cause Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.]

But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

But if
We have such another victory, we are undone.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over read more

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.

Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,
O'er a' the ills o' life victorious.