Ancient Quote by James A. Michener

First, Poland has been again overrun by two of the great powers which held her in bondage for 150 years but were unable to…

— Winston Churchill

For two centuries, Poland suffered constant and brutal attacks. But while Poland could be invaded and occupied, and its borders even erased from the…

— Donald Trump

“On a cool day, the first of September in the year of 1939, Hitler broke his promise to Poland. Because Germany had vowed to…

— Roberta Kagan

My honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.

— Cleopatra

I'd be willing to bet that any incursion throughout history in which the invading country has proclaimed it is bringing benefits to the conquered…

— Peter Shaffer

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

— Thomas Carlyle

Invasion is something I've grown up being quite accustomed to. And then I suppose it becomes a whole lesson in discernment. Who do you…

— Adam Pearson

Invader and invaded held on to their fistfuls of earth, but in the end, the earth outlived the hands that held it.

— Anthony Marra

Individuals have conquered themselves. Nations and large bodies of men, never.

— John Adams

“In Poland there is a meaning to defeat that perhaps is unknown in countries differently situated. Along with a strong sense of unity as…

— Jan Karski

They fight not for the lust of conquest. They fight to end conquest. They fight to liberate.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.

— Pierre Corneille