Philip Ii Quote by Christopher McDougall

“Philip had warned the Spartans that if he brought his armies successfully into their territory he would destroy their cities and kill all their…

— Andrew Marr

“Kallor shrugged. '[...] I have walked this land when the T'lan Imass were but children. I have commanded armies a hundred thousand strong. I…

— Steven Erikson

“I came to conquer this land and its people, but instead, one of its people conquered me.”

— Laura Thalassa

“[The Spartans] should not make war often, or long, with the same enemy, lest that they should train and instruct them in war, by…

— Plutarch

“The army that I wish to raise from the wealth that we’ve acquired is to fight the Macedonian intrusions, as well as to create…

— Ashwin Sanghi

“For however strong you may be in respect of your army, it is essential that in entering a new Province you should have the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“When your old enemy came on your land, wont bring anything to you except destruction.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I' am brave. I am invincible. I am a conquer. Go ahead, send your armies of naysayers, I will be followed by a hoard…

— D.L. Lewis

“One conquers by getting conquered.”

— Mohit K. Misra

“Can tyrants but by tyrants conquered be”

— George Gordon Byron

“...against my will, my fate, A throne unsettled, and an infant state, Bid me defend my realms with all my pow'rs, And guard with…

— Nicolo Machiavelli

“vital political truth: military victory can be secured only by reconciliation with the defeated. Although most empire-builders in the ancient world”

— Anthony Everitt