Quotes about conquest




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"Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world."

Bagehot, Walter on conquest    Share


"We are a conquering race. We must obey our blood and occupy new markets and if necessary new lands."

Beveridge, Albert J. on conquest    Share

"Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail."

Dryden, John on conquest    Share

"The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection."

Eliot, George on conquest    Share

"I have tamed men of iron in my day, shall I not easily crush these men of butter?"

Ferdinand Alvarez De Toledo, Duke of Alba on conquest    Share

"Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy."

Hammarskjold, Dag on conquest    Share

"If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest."

Jefferson, Thomas on conquest
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"If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the conquerors of thought are perhaps the pointsmen who, less conspicuous to the traveler's eye, determine the direction of the journey."

Koestler, Arthur on conquest    Share

"It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day."

Machiavelli, Niccolo on conquest    Share

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