Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Heaven does not create one person above or below another.

-- Fukuzawa Yukichi

The more troops, the better I command them.

-- Han Xin

Let us put an end to this war. For we know how to win battles but not how to use our victories.

-- Hannibal

A conqueror must wield both the sword and the law.

-- Timur

What is won by the sword must be defended by the sword.

-- Baibars

The greatest joy of a conqueror is to drive his enemies before him, to seize their horses and treasure, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

-- Genghis Khan