The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an…

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.

— Voltaire

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

— Voltaire

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which…

— George Will

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Voltaire, rightly commented that it was ‘neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire’.”

— Christopher Lascelles

Charlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800.

— Robert Benchley

If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply…

— Cory Booker

The Romans have provided a lot of writers with a model for various interstellar empires, of course, and no wonder. The Roman Empire is…

— Ann Leckie

All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any…

— Donald Kagan

I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who…

— Elaine Pagels

On Earth, God has placed no more than two powers, and as there is in Heaven but one God, so is there here one…

— Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

I had always thought, for 'Roman Empire,' I would love to do the death of Marcus Aurelius in the snow. One morning I woke…

— Anthony Mann

If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.

— Dan Quisenberry

I think all novels are contemporary. When people went to see 'Antony-Cleopatra' at the Globe in the 16th century, they were not going to…

— Richard Flanagan

“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

— S.F. Chandler