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Full Idea
All things for which we have made sacrifices are in the right. This explains why, just as soon as sacrifices are made, people continue with enthusiasm a war that was begun against their wishes.
Gist of Idea
People will enthusiastically pursue an unwanted war, once sacrifices have been made
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 229)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.142