Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how read more

For when the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name, He writes--not that you won or lost--but how you played the Game.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

Who thought he'd won
The field as certain as a gun.

They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.

They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victors belong
the spoils of the enemy.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

I look at victory as milestones on a very long highway.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or
Westminister Abbey.