Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Don’t underestimate the ripple effect of what you do. These kinds of actionshave toppled empires. — Leila Janah Copy Share Image
I set out with a perfect distrust of my own abilities, a total renunciation of every speculation of my own, and with… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In my view, [Vladimir] Putin despises the West in general and the United States in particular, both for who we are, our… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honor, his religion,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Almost no one under 60 remembers what fundraising was like before Watergate. Until the 1970s, campaign money was collected by "bagmen," familiar… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness. Thus the Western Empire died. — Adrian Goldsworthy Copy Share Image
[Instead] of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire. — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
It has ever been my hobby-horse to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three… — John Adams Copy Share Image
People of the United States have to really consider whether they want to be an empire. Sweden is not worried about terrorism.… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Everything that everyone is afraid of has already happened: The fragility of capitalism, which we don't want to admit; the loss of… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
American poetry has been part of a culture in conflict....We are a people tending toward democracy at the level of hope; at… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
But the origin of the American Republic is distinguished by peculiar circumstances. Other nations have been driven together by fear and necessity-the… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
When my son, James, was doing homework for school, he would have five or six windows open on his computer, Instant Messenger… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
I think baking cookies is equal to Queen Victoria running an empire. There's no difference in how seriously you take the job,… — Martha Stewart Copy Share Image
The economic system that the United States has is an evil empire. It's an economic system that's not fair, not just, and… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
The full history of the interlocking participation of the Imperial German Government and international finance in the destruction of the Russian Empire… — Boris Brasol Copy Share Image
While princes do rule the empire, they have to work within certain boundaries, and they're also always in a contest with each… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
The strength and vitality of an empire is frequently due to the new aristocracy from the periphery. — Ronald Syme Copy Share Image
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded… — Hannibal Copy Share Image
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