Blood Quote by Carl Sagan

“Think of the rivers of blood, spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary…

— Carl Sagan

“The generals fought among themselves. Such times always bred masterless men, and everyone within the Horde’s reach suffered.”

— Katherine Arden

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of,…

— Carl Sagan

“Legions of men, butchered for the greater glory and the profit margins of bankers, chancellors, generals, stockbrokers, and other fathers of the nation, had…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“...for the springs of both good and evil flow from the prince over a whole nation, as from a lasting fountain.”

— Thomas More

“A man who conquers himself no longer has the need to conquer those around him.”

— VD

“In the old days, the general's ribbons / & medals rainbowed across his chest, / & if he were interrogating himself, / by now,…

— Yusef Komunyakaa

“An empire that could have stood sound under a single sovereign was wrecked through being run by sundry rulers.”

— Andrew Chugg

“Isn't it possible that this midcentury moment enters the skin more lastingly than the vast shaping strategies of eminent leaders, generals steely in their…

— Don DeLillo

“A rush of primal satisfaction flooded Tool as his opponent surrendered to death. Blackness swamped Tool’s vision, and he let go. He had conquered.…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“If one man conquer in battle a thousand times thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greatest of conquerors.”

— Various

“More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

— Victor Hugo