Quotes about Overlordship

Alexander the Great

Heaven cannot support two suns, nor earth two masters, nor Asia two kings

The offer of Darius was to pay him ten thousand talents, to cede to him all the countries west of the Euphrates, and to give him his daughter in marriage. Parmenio had urged him to take the offer. Alexander then went on and defeat Darius and the Persions who far outnumbered his forces. Asia then had one king who was more popular than Darius had been.

Horace Walpole

Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.

Genghis Khan

I know you are a rich and great king. You have plenty of soldiers and govern a big country yourself. Therefore it is difficult for you to subject yourself to me voluntarily. Still, it would be better if you swore fealty to me … You who live in houses, who have castles and towns, how will you escape me?

This is one of the best examples of the Mongol Terror Tactics. They had a completely mobile fighting force. They could evade any large army and attack fixed towns and villages, while opponents could not defend all the locations without enormous expense. The calculus was often that it was cheaper to pay the Mongols tribute than it was to even beat them in the field. In this case, the Hungarians settled and a Mongol satellite group—the Cumans (Western Kipchaks)—moved into Hungary and have been a minority there ever since.

James Madison

A victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.

George Eliot

The desire to conquer is itself a sort of subjection.

Mary Ann Evans

Sabine Baring-Gould

At the Norman Invasion, the Saxon thanes were themselves humbled in turn; the manors were given a more legal character and transferred to favourites of William the Conqueror.

Alexander Hamilton

The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.

David Eddings

Zakath's face grew thoughtful. "You know something, Garion?" he said. "Man thinks he owns the world, but we share it with all sorts of creatures who are indifferent to our overlordship. They have their own societies, and I supposed even their own cultures. They don't even pay attention to us, do you?" "Only when we inconvenience them...It teaches us humility," Garion agreed.

Overlordship Quotes