We won the war and we lost the peace.

We fastened upon the shoulders of the deserving, the wage-earning portion of the community, a burden which their shoulders could never carry a burden which, had we lost the war instead of winning it, would have led promptly to a revolution and a measure at least of freedom." "There is so much of truth in what you say," Tallente declared, "that I am going to speak to you frankly, even though my frankness seems brutal.
I am going to speak about your friend Miller here.

Throughout the war, Miller was a pacifist.

He was dead against killing Germans.

He was all for a peace at any price." "Steady on," Miller interrupted, suddenly sitting up in his chair.
"Look here, Tallente--" "Be quiet until I have finished," Tallente went on.