Gena Showalter Quotes

The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest.

Let us first render ourselves popular by mighty deeds, and afterwards we will speak of peace and clemency. In the disputes of others let us always put ourselves on the side of the stronger. If we would become rich in men and cattle, we cannot help making enemies; but they will not roar for ever.

The greatest joy for a man is to defeat his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all they possess, to see those they love in tears, to ride their horses, and to hold their wives and daughters in his arms.

Violence always leads to more violence…. To the conqueror comes a conqueror.

War proves nothing. To kill a man does not prove that he was in the wrong. Bloodletting cannot change men's spirits, neither can the evil of men's thoughts be driven out by blows. If I go to my neighbor's house, and break her furniture, and smash her pictures, and bind her children captive, it does not prove that I am fitter to live than she - yet according to ethics of nations it does. I have conquered her and she must pay me for my trouble; and her house and all that is left in it belongs to my heirs and successors, forever. That is war!

When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor's will and call it peace.

The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from him all that he has.

A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them, to take their horses between his knees and to press in his arms the most desirable of their women.

Shane: "Score," he said, and raised the crowbar in triumph. "Who's your daddy?" - Black Dawn

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.

Football is very masculine and, to me, a metaphor for war.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of 'thuggery' practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

There is nothing better than attacking your enemies and taking their property and women. That is the joy of life.

The Arab world is not in a compromising mood. It's likely that your plan is rational and logical, but the fate of nations is not decided by rational logic. Nations never concede; they fight. You won't get anything by peaceful means or compromise. You can, perhaps, get something, but only by the force of your arms. We shall try to defeat you. I am not sure we'll succeed, but we'll try. We were able to drive out the Crusaders, but on the other hand we lost Spain and Persia. It may be that we shall lose Palestine. But it's too late to talk of peaceful solutions.

Only destruction of the enemy can be called victory.

War is the second worst activity of mankind, the worst being acquiescence in slavery.

The Hun [Germany] is always either at your throat or at your feet.

War is an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will.

The whole history of the world, on its broader lines, has been one of race conflict, wars, subjugation or extinction.