Conquest Quotes

334 quotes by 263 authors

They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Capitalism drives the employers to do their worst to the employed, and the employed to do the least for them. And it boasts all the… — George Bernard Shaw
Ruin seize thee, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. — Thomas Gray
It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object,… — Thomas Paine
We will have a world government whether you like it or not. The only question is whether that government will be achieved by conquest or… — Unknown Author
Unsatisfied desire is the characteristic feature of human life. That is the common fact out of which both pessimism and optimism are constructed. Dwell on… — William DeWitt Hyde
The foreign policy aim of ants can be summed up as follows: restless aggression, territorial conquest, and genocidal annihilation of neighboring colonies whenever possible. If… — Bert Holldobler
He who controls the past commands the future, He who commands the future, conquers the past. — Unknown Author
Collage is the noble conquest of the irrational, the coupling of two realities, irreconcilable in appearance, upon a plane which apparently does not suit them. — Max Ernst
The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. — Roger Bacon
There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will… — Muammar al-Gaddafi
If we die, we want people to accept it. We are in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it… — Gus Grissom
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or… — Brian Aldiss
For my father, being kind was natural... I have to really work at it. I love competing and winning, conquest - not words you usually… — David Copperfield
We are heirs of the ages because throughout the ages mankind has devised and fashioned new things, and step by step added new conquests to… — Arthur Lynch
The greatest weapons in the conquest of knowledge are an understanding mind and the inexorable curiosity that drives it on. — Isaac Asimov
The disclosure of a new fact, the leap forward, the conquest over yesterday's ignorance, is an act not of reason but of imagination, of intuition. — Charles Nicolle
Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. — Teresa of Avila
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
Self conquest is the greatest of victories. — Plato

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