I’ve been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn’t fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy — James Patterson Copy Share Image
The possession and the enjoyment of property are the pledges which bind a civilised people to an improved country. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Voltaire, rightly commented that it was ‘neither Holy, nor Roman nor an Empire’.” — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled… — Richard J. Maybury Copy Share Image
“So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster. —IV:22” — Suetonius 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
“...a little knowledge would unlock the gates to vast and unsuspected gates of ignorance.” — Ruth Downie Copy Share Image
Protestant churches everywhere are gravitating toward union with the Roman Catholic Church. These religious movements are speeding the fulfillment of the prophecies… — Herbert W. Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Christianity is a lie, and possibly the best one ever constructed because aside from architecture, it is all that survives from the… — Alejandro C. Estrada Copy Share Image
The Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Our nation will prosper or decline in direct proportion to our selection of leaders who are guided by the Holy Spirit. If… — Ronald Reagan 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
“To be clear, the Roman Empire didn’t end because everybody was having sex. No civilization was ever toppled by “too much sexy… — Jennifer Wright Copy Share Image
The terror of the Roman arms added weight and dignity to the moderation of the emperors. They preserved the peace by a… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
Julian sincerely abhorred the system of oriental despotism which Diocletian, Constantine, and the patient habits of four score years, had established in… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Rome was built on seven hills in the wide plain of the Tiber River, about 16 miles from the sea. It was… — Marilyn Tolhurst Copy Share Image
The brutal soldiers satisfied their sensual appetites without consulting either the inclination or the duties of their female captives; and a nice… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the… — William Golding Copy Share Image
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Germans, in the age of Tacitus, were unacquainted with the use of letters; and the use of letters is the principal… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the… — Daphne Guinness Copy Share Image
My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion. — Joseph Barbera Copy Share Image
“Right now, is not the time to strike at the Romans, but it will come, and we will all rise and wipe… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball. — Dan Quisenberry Copy Share Image
America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that… — Brent Scowcroft Copy Share Image
The Papacy is not other than the Ghost of the deceased Roman Empire, sitting crowned upon the grave thereof. — Thomas Hobbes Copy Share Image
The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
The Roman Empire was fairly tolerant of religious choice as long as you made a point not of thumbing your nose in… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“The Roman Empire at its height was the largest empire the world had ever witnessed.” — Christopher Lascelles Copy Share Image
The most distinguished merit of those two officers was their respective prowess, of the one in the combats of Bacchus, of the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
How often has not the parallel been drawn and the golden age of the Roman Empire, when the external brilliancy of life… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
Philosophy alone can boast (and perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is able to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The eastern part of the Roman Empire spoke mostly Greek, and the western parts spoke mostly Latin. So very soon, you begin… — Justo L. Gonzalez Copy Share Image
If all the barbarian conquerors had been annihilated in the same hour, their total destruction would not have restored the empire of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It is seldom that minds long exercised in business have formed any habits of conversing with themselves, and in the loss of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
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