Genghis Khan Quotes on Power
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One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.
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All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated.
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I am the flail of god. Had you not created great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.
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Say ye unto the Khwarezmians that I am the sovereign of the sunrise, and [he is] the sovereign of the sunset. Let there be between us a firm treaty of friendship, amity, and peace, and let traders and caravans on both sides come and go.
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The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.
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Heaven has appointed me to rule all the nations, for hitherto there has been no order upon the steppes.
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Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.
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How can you say this about Jochi? Jochi is my eldest son, is he not? Do not ever say this again.
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It is not sufficient that I succeed--all others must fail.