Deserved-it Quote by Pierce Brown

“You and I are Gold. We are the end of the evolutionary line. We tower above the flesh heap of man, shepherding the lesser…

— Pierce Brown

“We desire no conquest, no dominion, we seek no indemnities, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make.”

— Margot Asquith

“When your empire grows out of soil fertilized with the blood of a people, it must sustain its power with their continued bloodshed.”

— Luvvie Ajayi

“This is the curse of all those who bear great power. Each of us suffer our burdens, and those are stones we carry until…

— K.J. Colt

“Wars and revolutions and battles, you see, are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the…

— Anonymous

“The power to hurt is a kind of wealth.”

— Naomi Alderman

“You don't need to work hard to earn an empire; there is an army of slaves to do it for you.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

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

— John Adams 1826

“We get into fights or lust for imperial dominion over another nation for reasons of pride.”

— Richard W. Wrangham

“Stay up building your empire if you must, cut all negative ties if you must, sacrifice some things if you must, but above all,…

— Kabelo Mabona

“I was a slave, but never a fool. This empire is vast beyond imagining and we have killed only a fraction of the force…

— Anthony Ryan

“No one had to explain to me the power our childhoods had over us, even when we fought like hell against them.”

— Amy Engel