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Plunder Quotes (page 2)

The Revolution of 1848 found all the Rougons on the lookout, frustrated by their bad luck, and ready to use any means necessary to advance their cause. They were a family of bandits lying in wait, ready to plunder and steal. Emile Zola
They have plundered the world, stripping naked the land in their hunge? they are driven by greed, if their enemy be rich; by ambition, if poo? They ravage, they slaughter, they seize by false pretenses, and all of this they hail as the construction of empire. And when in their wake nothing remains but a desert, they call that peace. Tacitus
For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./ But glaring under his brows Odysseus answered:'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it/ home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder,/ twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared/ bid for my wife while I was still alive./ Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven,/ contempt for what men say of you... Homer
And here, above the valley of Yarrow, Lord Culter and his brother and twenty men from Midculter in their wedding finery with, thank God, half armour beneath, waited to intercept the English army on its plundering march, with two shepherds, twelve arquebuses, some pikes, some marline twine, a leather pail of powder, shot, matches, some makeshift colours, and eight hundred rusted helmets from the Warden’s storehouse at Talla. Dorothy Dunnett
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who..."
It is well-known what a middleman is; he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other. Benjamin Disraeli
It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character. Joseph Heller
Now, legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways. Thus we have an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, benefits, subsidies, encouragements, progressive taxation, public schools, guaranteed jobs, guaranteed profits, minimum wages, a right to relief, a right to the tools of labor, free credit, and so on, and so on. Frederic Bastiat
The peaceable part of mankind will be continually overrun by the vile and abandoned while they neglect the means of self-defence. The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms like laws discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some... Thomas Paine
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field..."
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes. Oliver Goldsmith
Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? Khalil Gibran
John White Geary quote: "The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere..."
The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence. John White Geary
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not..."
To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder. Benjamin Disraeli
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Thomas Paine
I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause. Cole Younger
Richard Cobden quote: "Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of..."
Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce. Richard Cobden

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