All through the years of the Soviet empire, its Politburo held 'elections.' Of course, calling something an election and actually having it… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman… — Tom Shales Copy Share Image
America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused -… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
I think that there are some people on the so-called Left who might say we have to circle our wagons around the… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
I was only into 'Star Wars' because I was into the Ewoks. I didn't know this then, but they're such a beacon… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I'm a film buff and I was keen to find out about the response to Daniel Craig's 007. 'Empire' and 'Hot Dog'… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
On Earth, God has placed no more than two powers, and as there is in Heaven but one God, so is there… — Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder… — Edward W. Said Copy Share Image
“... instead of trying to grapple with the implications of the story of empire, the British seem to have decided just to… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance… — Terence Winter Copy Share Image
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art… — William Blake Copy Share Image
'Evil Dead' was such a big movie in my life. It's one of the few that I really remember when I watched… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
“tyranny cannot stand forever. It is an ugly beast that must feed. Eventually, the Empire will devour everything it has, and will… — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
I don't think I've entirely had that moment yet! There's still so much more to be done. Professionally I am so grateful… — Grace Gealey Copy Share Image
...What are numbers knit By force or custom? Man who man would be, Must rule the empire of himself; in it Must… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“But it was more than a planet; it was the living pulse beat of an Empire of twenty million stellar systems. It… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square.… — Dave Rowntree Copy Share Image
There... Poor little things. You see them? Standing with their numbers on their blank, indifferent faces, Nuremberg in miniature, the ranks of… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I have done many impious things--no great ruler can do otherwise. I have put the good of the Empire before all human… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Whatever it is Christ said doesn't get a fair shake. There's not much written, it was done 150 years later, and it… — Rickie Lee Jones Copy Share Image
“Force will not keep the empire together. Force has never kept anything together for the very long. The more you tighten your… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
You should remember that I started as a fanboy many years ago; I saw 'A New Hope' more than twenty times in… — Matthew Stover Copy Share Image
“I know it is said in missionary meetings that we conquered India to raise the level of the Indians. That is cant.… — William Joynson-Hicks Copy Share Image
If you want to humble an empire, it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
In a much larger sense, the problem of Sabah is directly influenced by the duplicity of imperial Britain. For whatever devious reason,… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War… — John Perkins Copy Share Image
We see people in the Middle East begin to have dreams of new Ottoman Empire where everyone will be subjected to some… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
I'm sure back in the Greek days or the Roman Empire days, when guys fought in arenas and were fighting lions, people… — J. B. Smoove Copy Share Image
“But I hated the Emperor of the Ke-Han with everything I had in me, for every man I'd lost and every friend… — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
America is an empire in decay. But we don't have to lash out and do damage on the way down. We can… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in the snow. One morning… — Anthony Mann Copy Share Image
An empire that extends itself selectively is just being prudent about its own limitations. A republic that supports democratization selectively is another… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
