Mongols Quote by Thomas J. Allsen

“If the Mongols had a motto, it might have been “Have weapon, will travel.”

— Steve Wiegand

“If word got out that anyone was moving soldiers, they could expect a tuman to turn up on the horizon. Genghis was not a…

— Conn Iggulden

“My empire has grown too far toward the outside. It is time,’ the Khan thought, ‘for it to grow within itself.”

— Italo Calvino

“If he had learned anything from his father’s fate, it was to win, no matter how you did it. It was not important if…

— Conn Iggulden

“It's temples and palaces did seem Like fabrics of enchantment pil'd to heaven.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The empires built by bankers and merchants in frock coats and top hats defeated the empires built by kings and noblemen in gold clothes…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.”

— Janet Wallach

“with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind! He had a heart that could have held the…

— Gaston Leroux

“Tradition is the crown of the tyrant. I eye all the Golds in their badges and Sigils and standards, all worn to legitimize corrupt…

— Pierce Brown

“The implications for politics were immense. If instead of ruthlessly pursuing his own self-interest to the detriment of others, a ruler would "curb his…

— Karen Armstrong

“your eyes could inspire men to go to war, to paint works of art, to rip their goddamn heart out of their chest and…

— Jay Crownover

“And yet, protest it if we will, Some corner of the mind retains The medieval man, who still Keeps watch upon those starry skeins…

— Adrienne Rich