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Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
by John Boyd Orr (Politician, Scottish , born in 1880) keywords: always, conquest, defeat, either, empires, fallen, revolt, rival, within , won In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.
by John Boyd Orr (Politician, Scottish , born in 1880) keywords: after, another, arisen, attack, conquest, empires, fallen, five, internal, last, powerful, revolution, six, thousand, wars, waxed, without , years When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.
by Plato (Philosopher , Greek) keywords: always, conquest, disposed, enemies, fear, foreign, leader, may, more, nothing, order, other, require, some, stirring, them, then, treaty, tyrant, up , war We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war.
by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (Writer , Roman) keywords: arts, camps, cause, conquest, continual, cultivation, discipline, exact, find, military, observance, other, owed, romans, than, their, training, war , world A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser.
by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) topics: Peace keywords: both, conquest, loser, nature, neither, nobly, parties, party, peace, subdued , then The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.
by William Gilmore Simms (Novelist, American , born in 1806) keywords: barbarian, civilization, conquest, development, law, march, overthrown, pauses, progress, race, true , whenever It is evident that in the period designated as that of the kings, when Rome commenced her career of conquest, she was, for that time and country, a great and wealthy city.
by Goldwin Smith (Historian, Canadian , born in 1823) keywords: career, city, commenced, conquest, country, designated, evident, great, her, kings, period, rome, she, time , wealthy Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
by Goldwin Smith (Historian, Canadian , born in 1823) keywords: attempt, been, civilization, conquest, duty, england, had, india, keeping, make, never, question, real, servant , such But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.
by Ezra Stiles (Clergyman, American , born in 1727) keywords: after, almost, changed, conquest, continued, countries, first, four, general, governments, had, injustice, ones, proved, reigned, series, spirit, succeeding, thousand, which , years Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints.
by J. Lee Thompson (Director, British , born in 1914) keywords: also, apes, because, best, conquest, consider, conveys, critics, even, film, many, movies, other, planet, political, series, some, still, very , viewpoints When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.
by Robert Toombs (Politician, American , born in 1810) keywords: acquired, acquisitions, california, compromises, concessions, conquest, demanded, either, excluded, forever, mexico, other, party, purchase, republic, should, slavery , them Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our "accepting" and "willing" are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
by Aiden Wilson Tozer (Clergyman, American , born in 1897) keywords: accepting, actions, always, choice, conquest, determination, divine, god, high, most, must, our, rather, reactions, remain, right, salvation, seizing, side, than, upon , willing When has there ever been a government in German history that came to the people and revealed its detailed plans for the coming years? That could not happen before, since German governments planned war and conquest.
by Walter Ulbricht (Politician, German , born in 1893) keywords: been, before, came, coming, conquest, could, detailed, ever, german, government, governments, happen, history, planned, plans, revealed, since, war , years Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion, of religion, or of race.
by Alfred Russel Wallace (Scientist, British , born in 1823) keywords: accompanied, civilisation, conflict, conquest, emigration, ever, opinion, race , religion The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country.
by James Wolfe (Soldier, British , born in 1727) keywords: believe, blood, bought, cheerfully, conquer, conquest, could, country, devoted, die, difference, friends, general, his, impossibility, life, long, makes, men, most, resign, resolved, retreat, situation, which, would , your
