Quotation from: The Gods of Mars

Written by: Edgar Rice Burroughs

"I hope he heard only our references to a new Jeddak," I said. "If
he overheard our plans to rescue Dejah Thoris, it will mean civil
war, for he will attempt to thwart us, and in that I will not be
thwarted. There would I turn against Tardos Mors himself, were
it necessary. If it throws all Helium into a bloody conflict, I
shall go on with these plans to save my Princess. Nothing shall
stay me now short of death, and should I die, my friends, will you
take oath to prosecute the search for her and bring her back in
safety to her grandfather's court?"