Quote by John Adams 1826

“There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.” -John Adams”

— Mark Goodwin

“Power, money, lusts of the flesh and any other desire which takes a man, a family, a village or a nation from peace or…

— Jaime Buckley

“Why spend money and blood to invade a country and plunder its treasure when you can just buy it from them at less expense…

— Steven Pinker

“For enslaving a nation, just kill the conscientious people, the rest can be bought.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“One conquers by getting conquered.”

— Mohit K. Misra

“power and alliance for them, slavery and conquest over us.”

— Euripides

“A country bent on conquest is necessarily a country internally enslaved.”

— Mikhail Bakunin

“What triumph more complete than that of extorting from a conquered foe the admission that he is conquered?”

— Anonymous

“a great nation must go on arming itself more and more, not for conquest—not for jealousy—not for war—but for peace!”

— Sinclair Lewis

“A few men’s fight for the survival is stronger than a nation’s fight for the wealth.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“And they are ignorant that the purpose of the sword is to save every man from slavery.”

— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

“He only earns his freedom and existence who daily conquers them anew.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe