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"I will rule them by fixed laws [so]
that rest and happiness shall prevail in the world."
-CHINGIS KHAN, after being named khan.
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"Heaven has appointed me to rule all
the nations, for hitherto there has been no order upon the
steppes."
-CHINGIS KHAN
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"Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military
commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders
of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip
and sent to be shepherds"
-CHINGIS KHAN, on the reorganization of his followers. Genghis
was a brilliant statesmen and a mastery of making efficient
government. The good reorganization of the steppes during his
unification of the tribes contributed to the Mongols' future
sucess. |
"Perhaps my children will live in stone houses and walled
towns - Not I"
-CHINGIS KHAN. Genghis Khan remained a nomad for his life. His
grandson Khubilai Khan, however, converted to sedentary life
and became more Chinese than Mongol. |
"With Heaven's aid I have conquered for you a huge empire.
But my life was too short to achieve the conquest of the world.
That task is left for you."
-CHINGIS KHAN, to his sons at the end of his life. |
"Say ye unto the Khwarezmians that I am the soveign of
the sunrise, and [he is] the soverign 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.
-CHINGIS KHAN, to an ambassador from the Khwarezmian empire.
Genghis actually wanted peace, but was compelled to go to war
when the Mongol ambassadors were killed by the Persians. |
"All who surrender will be spared; whoever does not surrender
but opposed with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated."
-CHINGIS KHAN, during the war with the Khwarezmian empire. Usually,
Genghis kept his word, and those who did surrender were indeed
spared. It is this policy that separates Genghis from other
leadesr who did pointlessly kill people. Genghis killed for
conquests, not for the joy of it like Tamerlane and Hitler.
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"Despite all expectations, the time of my last campaign
and of my passing is near. I wish to die at home. Let not my
end disarm you, and on no account weep for me, lest the enemy
be warned of my death."
-CHINGIS KHAN, last words to his military commanders. Genghis
made sure it was clear that after his death there will be a
smooth transition. A sucession crises that destroyed the empires
of Alexander and Attila was avoided. |
"As my calling is high, the obligations incument upon me
are also heavy; and I fear that in my ruling there may be something
wanting"
-CHINGIS KHAN
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"A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive
them before him, to take from them all the things that have
been theirs, to hear the weeping of those who cherished them."
-CHINGIS KHAN. Obviously, this shows the more brutal side of
Genghis Khan. However, it should be noted that it was his "enemies"
that he hated. Genghis treated well to those who respected him
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"The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the
rebel and conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root,
in taking from him all that he has."
-CHINGIS KHAN |
"Be of one mind and one faith, that ou may conquer your
enemis and lead long and happy lives."
-CHINGIS KHAN
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"If the great, the military leaders and the leaders of the many
descendants of the ruler who will be born in the future, should
not adhere strictly to the Yasa, then the power of the state
will be shattered and come to an end, no matter how they then
seek Genghis Khan, they shall not find him."
-CHINGIS KHAN, discussing "the fall of the states"
as ignorance to his Yasa (Genghis's maxims, regulations, code
of law). |
"If unable to abstain from drinking, a man may get drunk
three times a month; if he does it more than three times he
is culpable; if he gets drunk twice a month it is better; if
once a month, this is still more laudable; and if one does not
drink at all what can be better? But where can I find such a
man? If such a man were found he would be worthy of the highest
esteem."
-CHINGIS KHAN's
YASA. |
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"I am the Flail of God. If you had not committed great
sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon You."
-CHINGIS KHAN, said sometime during his campaign in Perisa.
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"There
came into the world a blue-gray wolf
whose destiny was Heaven's will.
His wife was a fallow deer.
They travelled together across the inland sea
and when they were camped near the source of the Onan River
in sight of Moucnt Burkhan Khaldun
their first son was born, named Batachikhan."
-The Opening Lines of the SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONOGLS, (translated
by Paul Kahn). These lines describe the genesis of the Mongols,
and their wolf-deer ancestry.
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"I do not understand these words of
yours. Tengri (Eternal heaven) has slain and annihilated these
people, becasue they had adhered neither to Genghis Khan nor
to the Khakhan (Ogedei Khan), both of whom have been sent
to make known God's command."
-GUYUK KHAN, explaining to the Pope the actions of the Mongols
in the invasion of Europe. Obviously, Guyuk is using divine
justification. Source: Storm from the East
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"By the strength of Eternal heaven, Order of the Universal
Ruler of the Empire of the Great Mongols."
-The SEAL OF GUYUK KHAN (3rd Great Khan of the Mongols). Source:
Storm from the East
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"Send us your ambassadors: and thus we hall judge
whether you wish to be at peace with us or at war...if you make
war on us, the Everlasting God, who makes easy what was difficult
and makes near what was far, knows that we know what our power
is"
-MONGKE KHAN (4th Great Khan of the Mongols), to King Louis
IX of France |
"Honor is nothing without victory"
-SUBEDEI (The great Mongol General, led the invasion of Russia,
Europe, and commanded in Persia and China) When view upon with
Japanese Samurai codes, the Mongols were the most dishonorable
of warriors, but it was such "run-away" tactics that
brought them victory. |
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