It was on this day that the Bahamas declared independence. Before that they were a British colony. The British Empire lost Canada… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
The Queen of England gave me the honor of the Order of the British Empire for working with children. — Henry Winkler Copy Share Image
Neither love nor ambition, as it has often been shown, can brook a division of its empire in the heart. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chi ef of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chie f. There… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
Each moment has its sickle, emulous Of Time's enormous scythe, whose ample sweep Strikes empires from the root. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
There is not in the British empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You cannot be less than you are now. You cannot achieve a vibration that is less than the vibration that you have… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army — Julius Caesar Copy Share Image
I believe we will see a biofuels resurgence. While gas prices skyrocket and we continue to wage wars for oil, while spills,… — Josh Tickell Copy Share Image
May our land be a land of liberty, the seat of virtue, the asylum of the oppressed, a name and a praise… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
In Russia whenever you encounter a minor official, he lets you know that he is above you and that you depend on… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
We have seen that though Cristna was said to have left many sons, he left his immense empire, which extended from the… — Godfrey Higgins Copy Share Image
The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
So in your discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride - the temptation blithely… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I was the son of a publican and a master builder. He ran the Empire Hotel in North Hobart. His name was… — Max Walker Copy Share Image
When I was sixteen and knew nothing about art, I sat through almost six hours of Andy Warhol’s Empire. I did not… — Uta Barth Copy Share Image
Mene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Among the innumerable monuments of architecture constructed by the Romans, how many have escaped the notice of history, how few have resisted… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Within the studies and on the screen, the Jews could simply create a new country - an empire of their own, so… — Neal Gabler Copy Share Image
In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
