A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Benjamin Disraeli
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. William Shakespeare
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.Napoleon Bonaparte
The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love. James A.Baldwin
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.plato