The power of words...

I looked around. It's quite something, really watching a place that's finally found its feet.'
'Feet awash in the blood of others, I'm afraid.'
'Ah, that's a story old as time itself, and one that is not likely to change. We're cruel and desperate creatures, set in our conquering ways. The Saxons and the Franks. The Ottomans and Safavids. I could go on for hours. The whole human history is but a series of subjugations.'
'I pray one day we rise above it,' replied Charles earnestly.
'While you pray, I'll act. We'll see who finds success first, hmm?'
'It was an expression,'he said with a wounded edge to his voice.
'Aye. And a dangerous one. Words have power. Wield them wisely.' (pag. 215)

(Haytham Kenway & Charles Lee)

(Oliver Bowden - " Assasin's Creed - Forsaken")