Conquest Quote by Isaac Asimov

“Every time there was conquest, it brought trade, new ideas, and inventions. They made civilization evolve to new heights. Humans soar on the wings…

— Adam Burch

“Marvellous pitch of civilisation for us to have attained to, to be able to do such a thing! we must come soon to the…

— Rhoda Broughton

Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind…

— William Ellery Channing

“Is it necessary to recall that the earth is not infinite, and that our civilization is close to having invaded all of it? The…

— Gabriel Tarde

“Every conquest in our work, in our lives, adds to our strength, gives us new power, because it gives additional self-confidence. It stimulates us…

— Orison Swett Marden

That complacency and that willingness to give yourself over to a larger power structure is how civilizations destroy themselves. And I just hope people…

— Karyn Kusama

“Man’s conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions…

— C.S. Lewis

Heights of human arrogance....it will finally die of civilization... razing the earth.

— Fiza Elahi

“In other words we humans seek to outwit and control each other not just because of some tangible goal in the outside world that…

— James Redfield

The great lesson of history for us is that strength and resolve bring peace and order, and weakness and vacillation invite chaos and conflict.

— Rick Perry

“What enables the enlightened rulers and good generals to conquer the enemy at every move and achieve extraordinary success is foreknowledge.”

— Anonymous

We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war. These prior…

— Al Gore