"War is grounded in the notion of triumph……" — Bruce Jackson

"War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum."

— Bruce Jackson

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36 Quotes by Bruce Jackson

Bruce Jackson has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.
All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and…
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.
Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are.
Both of our wars in Iraq were, on American television, largely bloodless.
Documentary films are created in an inverted funnel of declining possibility.
Filmmakers who use narrators pay a price for taking the easy way: narrated films date far more quickly than films…
First, those images help us understand the general and specific magnitude of disaster caused by the tsunami. The huge outpouring…
For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be…
It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the…
Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose…
Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media.

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In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges… — Michelle Bachelet
When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to… — Michele Bachmann
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. — Russell Baker
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat. — Simone de Beauvoir
Watergate enabled the Democrats to cut off all aid to South Vietnam and ensure American defeat in a war their… — Conrad Black
There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be… — Tony Blair
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte
My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up in a match. However down I am, I fight until… — Bjorn Borg
At the end of the day we want to bring stability and hope to Iraq. That's the only way to… — Abdallah II
The defeats and victories of the fellows at the top aren't always defeats and victories for the fellows at the… — Bertolt Brecht
I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to… — Robert Browning

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