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As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.

Alexander Suvorov
Fighting, Long, Enemy
"Yesterday and Today, 1917-1967: Contemporaries Report on the Progress of German Soviet Friendship". Published by Verlag Zeit im Bild and Agentsvo pechati "Novosti", 1967.
As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.