Attention Quote by Frederick Lenz

I read "The Conquest of New Spain" by Bernal Diz Del Castillo, which I recommend to a lot of people. He was an eyewitness…

— Laila Lalami

Mexico was conquered more by manipulation of myth and archetype.

— Norman Spinrad

That was when the Spanish came in and conquered the Aztecs. I thought that was a clever thing.

— Les Baxter

“First perfected by Cortés in Mexico, it was based on the observation that the best way for the Spanish to subdue opposition was to…

— Daron Acemoğlu

It's a great historical joke that when the Spanish met the Aztecs, it was a blind date made in serve-you-right heaven. At the time,…

— A. A. Gill

In Mexico, they didn't demand you controlled well, or they didn't get mad because of a bad pass. In La Masia, they demand perfection.…

— Giovani Dos Santos

“America was the vast kingdom of the Devil, its redemption impossible or doubtful; but the fanatical mission against the natives’ heresy was mixed with…

— Eduardo Galeano

“a crucial element of English success was their commanders’ ability to learn on the fly, make adjustments, and attempt new tactics. The Spanish paid…

— Max Boot

In Mexico the gods ruled, the priests interpreted and interposed, and the people obeyed.In Spain, the priests ruled, the king interpreted and interposed, and…

— Richard Condon

“The life of the Spanish discoverers was one long day-dream. Illusion after illusion chased one another like the bubbles which the child throws off…

— William H. Prescott

What has miserable, inefficient Mexico...to do with the great mission of peopling the New World with a noble race?

— Walt Whitman

And it is because a series of elements in Spanish life which operate today the same way as they did in the times of…

— Juan Goytisolo