Quote#War
Spain stooped on South America, like a vulture on its prey. Every…
Quote byDaniel Webster · 1782–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Completion of the Bunker Hill Monument (1843).
English (original)
Spain stooped on South America, like a vulture on its prey. Every thing was force. Territories were acquired by fire and sword. Cities were destroyed by fire and sword. Hundreds of thousands of human beings fell by fire and sword. Even conversion to Christianity was attempted by fire and sword.
— Daniel Webster
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