Quotes About Conquest

And high above, depicted in a tower, Sat Conquest, robed in majesty and power, Under a sword that swung above his head, Sharp-edged and hanging by a subtle thread.

The digital universe and the hydrogen bomb were brought into existence at the same time. "It is an irony of fate," observes Françoise Ulam, "that much of the high-tech world we live in today, the conquest of space, the extraordinary advances in biology and medicine, were spurred on by one man's monomania and the need to develop electronic computers to calculate whether an H-bomb could be built or not.

Contemporary euro-american occupation of Indian land is an important continuing benefit of the conquest that must be accounted for in the euro-american moral and spiritual inventory. In euro-american legal discourse, a recipient of stolen property is just as liable as the actual thief.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

It would be interesting to imagine the outcome if all Indians had cooperated and rallied against the Europeans. But that was impossible. The continent was vast and the Indians knew the place where they lived and the immediate neighboring nations, but they did not know places far away. They did not all speak the same language or worship the same gods. And like people everywhere, they feared each other more than they feared the new stranger.

You like to win." She took a sip from her glass. "And forcing yourself on me would mean you failed in your conquest.

Battle of Ajnadayn

Weary of fire, weary of bombardment, and weary of siege, scattered groups of Chinese actually rushed out to welcome the Japanese invaders as they thundered into the city with their tanks, artillery, and trucks. Some people hung Japanese flags from their windows while others even cheered the Japanese columns as they marched through the south and west gates of the city.

He was conscious only of the mightiest deed of man; the complete and almost contemptuously final conquest of a world.

Why, they are so sure of themselves that they do not even hurry. They move slowly, phlegmatically; they speak of necessary centuries. They swallow worlds at leisure; creep through systems with dawdling complacence.

We can see, now, that the social background of the Empire makes wars of conquest impossible for it. Under weak Emperors, it is torn apart by generals competing for a worthless and surely death-bringing throne. Under strong Emperors, the Empire is frozen into a paralytic rigor in which disintegration apparently ceases for the moment, but only at the sacrifice of all possible growth.

So it is only the combination of strong Emperor and strong general that can harm the Foundation; for a strong Emperor cannot be dethroned easily, and a strong general is forced to turn outwards, past the frontiers.

it is well known that the friend of a conqueror is but the last victim

We won't make the mistake of excessive greed. We shall inch our way to empire—and those who stand in our way shall be dubbed warmongers.

convertir Términus en un planeta floreciente, más valioso como aliado que como objeto de conquista.

The friend of a conqueror is but the last victim.

We can see, now, that the social background of the Empire makes wars of conquest impossible for it. Under weak Emperors, it is torn apart by generals competing for a worthless and surely death-bringing throne. Under strong Emperors, the Empire is frozen into a paralytic rigour in which disintegration apparently ceases for the moment, but only at the sacrifice of all possible growth.

One common aim united Alexander of Macedonia and Hamilcar, Genghis Khan and Charlemagne, Chmielnitzki and Napoleon, Robespierre and Lenin.

Before you conquer the mountain, you must learn to overcome your fear.

I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of my past. Every instant disappears in a breath and immediately becomes the past; reality is ephemeral and changing, pure longing.

Comprobaréis, señora, que los conquistadores carecen de vergüenza: llegan como mendigos, se comportan como ladrones y se creen señores.

Inés Suárez (1507-1580), española, nacida en Plasencia, viajó al Nuevo Mundo en 1537 y participó en la conquista de Chile y la fundación de la ciudad de Santiago. Tuvo gran influencia política y poder económico. Las hazañas de Inés Suárez, mencionadas por los cronistas de su época, fueron casi olvidadas por los historiadores durante más de cuatrocientos años.

Tal como decía Belalcázar, con autorización del rey la aventura se llamaba conquista, sin ella era asalto a mano armada.

Los cronistas siempre olvidan mencionarlos, pero sin esas masas silenciosas de indios amigos, que seguían a los españoles en sus empresas y guerras, la conquista del Nuevo Mundo habría sido imposible.