Toobaa

"The day of Mohammad's greatest triumph over his enemies was also the day of his grandest victory over himself. He freely forgave the Koraysh all the years of sorrow and cruel scorn in which they had afflicted him and gave an amnesty to the whole population of Mekka... The army followed his example, and entered quietly and peacefully: no house was robbed, no women insulted... Through all the annals of conquest there is no triumphant entry comparable to this one." --- Stanley Lane-Poole, The Speeches and Table-Talk of the Prophet Mohammad, London 1882, Introduction, pp. 46,47

"There can be no government without an army. No army without money. No money without prosperity. And no prosperity without justice and good administration." --- Ibn Qutayba, C9th Muslim scholar