“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.”— Hernán Cortés
“We have conquered a vast empire and have purified the earth of the disorders that tainted it.”— Hulagu Khan
“War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any conditions they please upon the vanquished.”— Lucan
“I have burnt and sunk 19 sail of ships, small and great. All the villages and towns that ever I landed at, I have burned and spoiled.”— Thomas Cavendish
“These people are very simple in war-like matters... I could conquer the whole of them with 50 men, and govern them as I pleased.”— Christopher Columbus
“I and my companions suffer from a disease of the heart which can be cured only with gold.”— Hernán Cortés