'Open your eyes, Clevinger. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- For those who die, the outcome of the war is irrelevant.
- In plain terms
- Dead people do not care who wins the war.
- What can you take from it?
- Remember the human cost of conflict.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the true cost of victory?
- How do we honor the dead?
Another view
Victory matters to the living.
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