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Quotes About Dominance

When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
~ H. L. Mencken
I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.
~ Thucydides
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
All wars will be settled by sea power.
~ Erich Raeder
A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Conquer or be conquered.
~ David Farragut
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
~ Sun Tzu
Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.
~ Sun Tzu
War is life war is the origin of all things.
~ Adolf Hitler
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
~ Aesop
Attack and defence, want and war, victory and defeat, lordship and thraldom, all sealed with the seal of blood: this from henceforth is the History of Man.
~ Richard Wagner
Concentration is the secret of strength in politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
We always prefer war on our own terms to peace on someone else's.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
~ H. G. Wells
When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military men are the scourges of the world.
~ Guy de Maupassant, Sur l'eau
War is the trade of kings.
~ John Dryden
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Well alright then," His eyes glittered. "I get my kicks whipping woman I have sex with and you're next on my list. Now I'm going to take a shower.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
She realized he looked more at home sitting at her desk than she did. How did he manage it? Somehow, he found a way to mark whatever space he occupied. He might as well lift his leg when he walked into a room.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Sweet spoils won on a silken battlefield. Every inch belonged to him, and he would take it as he wished.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips
If I could put my brain in her body, the world would be mine for the taking.
~ Susan Elizabeth Phillips