subdue quotes

Avain attempt to subdue that unsubduable country.

- Brendan Gill
  Of Cromwell's settlement of Scots in the north of Ireland.  A NewYork Life.

Indeed the arguments on both sides were invincible; for in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery; but in fact eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.

-Jonathan Swift
  Fourth letter to†Ireland, written under the pseudonym of 'M B Drapier'.