Conquest Quote by John Boyd Orr

All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.

— Erin Morgenstern

In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal…

— John Boyd Orr

Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.

— Lionel

All empires eventually destroy themselves. That's the record of history.

— Ralph Nader

“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after battle but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Every empire eventually falls.

— Michael Douglas

All empires become arrogant. It is their nature.

— Edward Rutherfurd

Self conquest is the greatest of victories.

— Plato

The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.

— Saint Augustine

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

— Thomas Carlyle

I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

— Paul of the Cross