Army Quote by Benjamin Smith

“He(Prophet Muhammad) was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing…

— Anonymous

“He was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army,…

— R. Bosworth Smith

Rome had Caesar, a man of remarkable governing talents, although it must be said that a ruler who arouses opponents to resort to assassination…

— Barbara Tuchman

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

— John Lothrop Motley

“Mohammad never assigned himself a status more than a common man and a messenger of God. People had faith in him when he was…

— M.H. Hyndman

This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators, save only he,Did that they did in envy of Caesar;He only, in a…

— William Shakespeare

“virtue without power,” as a speaker had said at the Council of Basle half a century earlier, “will only be mocked, and that the…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

Today, the Pope is only a religious figure. At the time of 'The Borgias,' he was also a political leader, a financial leader, and…

— Francois Arnaud

Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.

— Henry Vaughan

Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

— George Bernard Shaw

Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In his fifty-six years he was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator – perhaps…

— Adrian Goldsworthy