"The Jedi cannot be entirely defeated, any more than the Sith can be. Light and Dark will always exist within the force, and there will always be those who seek them. Without them both- "

Using his own phrasing, he would say that there could be no balance - a lesson the Jedi had learned too late, but had learned.

"Without both there is no meaningful conflict. One of the... fundamental lies of peace, I think. That it's merely a matter of imposing order and ending conflict. That's what this Empire has tried to do. For personal gain of power, of course, but that is why it will eventually fail. Order can never be.... peace or conflict. It's simply static. Nothing, not the force, not the galaxy, not the interaction between two people or even two cells, can remain static."