Conqueror Quotes

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors. - Henry Cabot Lodge

The relations between Egypt and Nubia were incredibly complex. To the Egyptians, at various times, Nubia represented a trading partner, an enemy in war, a supplier of troops, a conquered colony and even a conqueror. - Gil Stein

The rare case where the conquered is very satisfied with the conqueror. - Konrad Adenauer

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

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. - Charles Eastman

The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their fall by doing so. - Adolf Hitler

The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection. - William Dean Howells

That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world. - Benjamin Disraeli

Simon was a lion of a man, a survivor and a conqueror, a hero in every sense of the word. - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds. - John Henrik Clarke