The conqueror always assumes that his moral superiority-rather than his ferocious greed-is what has allowed him to triumph. (Michael Moorcock)

The conqueror always assumes that his moral superiority-rather than his ferocious greed-is what has allowed him to triumph.

Michael Moorcock

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