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

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

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

The more troops, the better I command them.

-- The greatest military mind of early imperial China, whose campaigns established the Han dynasty (c. 231-196 BCE). Han Xin's tactical innovations — including the legendary 'battle with backs to the river' — demonstrated that battlefield psychology and terrain exploitation could overcome any numerical disadvantage. His reward

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

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees

A conqueror must wield both the sword and the law.

-- The Turco-Mongol conqueror who built an empire fro

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

-- The Mamluk sultan who stopped the Mongol advance at Ain Jalut

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.

-- The founder of the Mongol Empire who created histo

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

-- Franz Kafka