"The object of war is victory; that of……" — Charles de Secondat
"The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation."
More Conquest Quotes
- The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against… — James A. Baldwin
- To be a human being means to possess a feeling of inferiority which constantly presses towards its own conquest. The… — Alfred Adler
- Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from… — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through… — Amy Chua
- It is too often forgotten that when the Europeans gained enough maritime skills and gunpowder to conquer most of the… — 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… — Jean Genet
- People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when… — John Kenneth Galbraith
- Even today a good many distinguished minds seem unable to accept or even to understand that from a source of… — Jacques Monod
- I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation… — Helen Keller
- It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators have elected to… — Douglas MacArthur
- A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been… — Woodrow Wilson