#spaniards

Thousand got away to other countries; thousands returned to Spain tempted by false promises of kindness. By the tens of thousands, these Spaniards died of neglect in the concentration camps. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#camps #concentration #countries #died #false

Another of the great civilizations, the Aztecs, raised a breed of hairless chihuahuas especially for eating. When the Conquistadors arrived and found dog on the menu, they were of the same opinion as Mademoiselle, that this was evidence of the worst form of barbarism. They, the Spaniards, used dogs as befits civilized and Christian men - to hunt down fugitive Indians and tear them to pieces. ↗

— Medlar Lucan

#christians #conquistador #dogs #spaniards #men

All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat. ↗

— Michael Chang

#i #know #really #spaniards #talented

There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#air force #become #breakfast #bright #force

We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure. ↗

— Hernando Cortez

#gold #heart #know #only #sickness

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting. ↗

— Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

#comes #common #common sense #great #maturity

But now that the guerrilla fighting is over, the Spaniards are again men without a country or families or homes or work, though everyone appreciates very much what they did. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#appreciates #country #did #everyone #families

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#gave #late #lodge #many #me

Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#fathers #former #further #now #over

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#armies #could #defeat #dozen #enabled