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Conquest Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path…
- Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should…
- Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
- If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.
- We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.
- 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…
More Conquest Quotes
- The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility… — James A. Baldwin
- To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The greater the… — Alfred Adler
- Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and… — Amy Chua
- It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the world, they… — John Henrik Clarke
- The conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession. — Norman Cousins
- The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to… — Jean Genet
- People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are… — John Kenneth Galbraith
- Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of noise natural… — Jacques Monod
- I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society… — Helen Keller
- It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to make their… — Douglas MacArthur
- A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense… — Woodrow Wilson