Ruling class Quote by Peter Cunningham

“They want to hold on to you and your people. They have isolated the ones who might grow powerful and overthrow their debauched reign.”

— Walter Mosley

“In the midst of wanting to be powerful, I found a weakness.”

— Jonnalyn Cabigting

“She had conquered them, as she would conquer so many in the years to come, by goodness rather than strength. It is a sorrowfully…

— William Napier

“The power he commanded insisted upon subjects. Strength was ever relative, and he could not dominate without the company of the dominated.”

— Steven Erikson

“They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force--nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an…

— Joseph Conrad

“True power. Limitless power—only graced a fair few. It gave those lucky few the ability—the nobility, to be courteous and polite. All while holding…

— Pepper Winters

“I came to conquer this land and its people, but instead, one of its people conquered me.”

— Laura Thalassa

“Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”

— N.K. Jemisin

“Some come just to be entertained, trained and externally maintained. The conquered.”

— T.F. Hodge

“Consider your origin. You were not formed to live like brutes but to follow virtue and knowledge.”

— Dante Alighieri

“Many arrogant people achieved powerful positions, ignoring people around them, but in the end they failed. They would give anything in the world not…

— Eraldo Banovac

“only when the weak have decent reasons to defend the system that reproduces their subservience does the empire of the powerful”

— Yanis Varoufakis