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"He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below."
"Flet victus, victor interiit."
"Veni, vidi, vici."
"We still talk in terms of "conquest"-whether it be of the insect world or of the mysterious world of space. We still have not become mature enough to see ourselves as a very tiny part of a vast and incredible universe, a universe that is distinguished above all else by a mysterious and wonderful unity that we flout at our peril."
"Great things thro' greatest hazards are achiev'd, And then they shine."
"We have defined colonialism as the forcible takeover of land and economy, and, in the case of European colonialism, a restructuring of non-capitalist economies in order to fuel European capitalism. This allows us to understand modern European colonialism not as some trans-historical impulse to conquer but as an integral part of capitalist development."
"Narrator: The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices...to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill...and suspicion can destroy...and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is...that these things cannot be confined...to the Twilight Zone."
"Shall they hoist me up, And show me to the shouting varletry Of censuring Rome? Rather a ditch in Egypt Be gentle grave unto me, rather on Nilus' mud Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies Blow me into abhorring!"
"Brave conquerors! for so you are That war against your own affections, And the huge army of the world's desires."
"Life throws challenges and every challenge comes with rainbows and lights to conquer it."
"To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction. The new art of controlling electrically the movements and operations of individualized automata at a distance without wires, will soon enable any country to render its coasts impregnable against all naval attacks."
"Berlin of 1884 was effected through the sword and the bullet. But the night of the bullet was followed by the morning of the chalk and the blackboard. The physical violence of the battlefield was followed by the psychological violence of the classroom."
"Jus belli, ut qui vicissent, iis quos vicissent, quemadmodum vellent, imperarent."
"In hoc signo vinces."
"A vaincre sans péril on triomphe sans gloire."
"Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die."
"Sai, che piegar si vede Il docile arboscello, Che vince allor che cede Dei turbini al furor."
"Cede repugnanti; cedendo victor abibis."
"Male vincetis, sed vincite."
"Victi vincimus."
"Victor victorum cluet."
"Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.""
"I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the battle of life, The hymn of the wounded, the beaten who died overwhelmed in the strife; Not the jubilant song of the victors for whom the resounding acclaim Of nations was lifted in chorus whose brows wore the chaplet of fame, But the hymn of the low and the humble, the weary, the broken in heart, Who strove and who failed, acting bravely a silent and desperate part."
"Bis vincit qui se vincit in victoria."