I don't like the triumphalism of the American narrative, this kind of "chosen people" complex that American people have, so it's inspiring… — Ian Svenonius Copy Share Image
When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall. — Al Stewart Copy Share Image
Peace is an Excellent Thing, and War is a great Misfortune. But there are Many things More valuable than Peace, and many… — Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Copy Share Image
Ye poor posterity, think not that ye are the first. Other fools before ye have seen the sun rise and set, and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Bolshevism is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are primarily personal religions, with mystical… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
Perhaps his gloom was due to his profession, that he lived among fallen empires, and in reading these languages that had not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
a great deal of the wealth at the top is built on the low-wage labor of the poor. Take Wal-Mart, our largest… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
The great military leaders of the past have gone, their empires have crumbled and burned to ashes. But the empire of Jesus,… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Okay. Look, why don't you take care of the half a million things you've been letting dangle in Roarke's Empire of Everything?"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People came into the Church in the Roman Empire because the Church was so good-Catholics were so good to one another, and… — Andrew Greeley Copy Share Image
The "can do" logic, by its own nature, does not accept limits. And an empire does not have a graceful way to… — Graciela Chichilnisky Copy Share Image
Heroes have gone out; quacks have come in; the reign of quacks has not ended with the nineteenth century. The sceptre is… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire. — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
Empires want [cities] only to trade with the empire, which doesn't help them at all. It's just a way of exploiting them. — Jane Jacobs 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 Said Copy Share Image
The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again. — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
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