The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victor…

William Faulkner
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The phenomenon of war is its hermaphroditism: the principles of victory and of defeat inhabit the same body and the necessary opponent, enemy, is merely the bed they self-exhaust each other on.
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