Conquest Quote by Charles de Secondat

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory is the main object in war.

— Sun Tzu

“The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent…

— George Orwell

The end and object of conquest is to avoid doing the same thing as the conquered.

— Alexander the Great

The object of war is to survive it.

— John Irving

The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

— George Orwell

War's very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.

— Douglas MacArthur

Survival is the key word to remember—not victory, not conquest, just survival.

— Max Brooks

Only destruction of the enemy can be called victory.

— Stepan Makarov

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory.

— Albert Pike

Life's battle is a conquest for the strong; The meaning shows in the defeated thing.

— John Masefield

It is merely a metaphor to call competition competitive war, or simply, war. The function of battle is destruction; of competition, construction.

— Ludwig von Mises