“Shall I, that have destroyed my preservers, return home?”Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great)
“Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury.”Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great)
“Holy shadows of the dead, I am not to blame for your cruel and bitter fate, but the accursed rivalry which brought sister nations and brother people to fight one another. I do not feel happy for this victory of mine. On the contrary, I would be glad, brothers, if I had all of you standing here next to me, since we are united by the same language, the same blood and the same visions.”Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great)
“Our enemies are Medes and Persians — men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon, for generations past, have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.”Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great)
“Do you not think it a matter worthy of lamentation that, when there is such a vast multitude of worlds, we have not yet conquered one?”Alexander III of Macedon (Alexander the Great)
