Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Charlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Comrade [Rafael] Correa gets it right, most of the time. This is new, 'final' offensive of the Empire in Latin America. — Andre Vltchek Copy Share Image
Success always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an… — Cyrus the Great Copy Share Image
And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men,… — James Harrington Copy Share Image
Every historian has a vested interest. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was not about the Roman but the British… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
The veneration, wherewith Men are imbued for what they call Nature, has been a discouraging impediment to the Empire of Man over… — Robert Boyle Copy Share Image
Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it... ''Beware of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Who cares if virtually the entire world views Obama's drone attacks as unjustified and wrong? Who cares if the Muslim world continues… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Seldom can two such epoch-making events have occurred in successive years as happened then. In 1453 the Turks stormed Constantinople and finally… — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV -… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
Now he began to see for the first time the unbelievable magnitude of what man, when he gained power to understand and… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Old systems do not fold willingly, particularly when they control gargantuan amounts of wealth and power. But like empires of old -… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
Discussing the attempts of Augustus' generals to add to the extent of the Roman Empire early in his reign: The northern countries… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing… — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
In other words, the problem of empire-building is essentially mystical. It must somehow foster the impression that a man is great in… — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs-in spite of things silently gone out… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
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