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- May the same Almighty Goodness banish the accursed monster, war, from all lands, with her hated associates, rapine and insatiable ambition! — Daniel Boone
- God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- As to Taxes, they are evidently inseparable from Government. It is impossible without them to pay the debts of the nation, to… — Alexander Hamilton
- But the Jews are so hardened that they listen to nothing; though overcome by testimonies they yield not an inch. It is… — Martin Luther
- It is from the Bible that man has learned cruelty, rapine, and murder; for the belief of a cruel God makes a… — Thomas Paine
- This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a… — Alfred Bester
- God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell… — Anatole France
- What is it the Bible teaches us? -- rapine, cruelty, and murder. — Thomas Paine
- Nature is one with rapine, a harm no preacher can heal; The Mayfly is torn by the swallow, the sparrow speared by… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more. — William Wordsworth