Acquaintance Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive.

— Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Every country that's ever been the most powerful country in the world ceases to be the most powerful country in the world at some…

— Steve Earle

The true greatness of a nation lies in its character, not in its economic or military power.

— Daniel L Dreisbach

Republics, one after another . . . have perished from a want of intelligence and virtue in the masses of the people. . . .

— Horace Mann

Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall.

— Timothy D. Snyder

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations

— Otto Von Bismarck

But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

America is the strongest empire ever, with the largest military. We spend ten times what the Russians do. And they have equal nuclear ability…

— Oliver Stone

The majority of the so-called great powers have long been exploiting and enslaving a whole series of small and weak peoples. And the imperialist…

— Vladimir Lenin

Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends.

— Walter Lippmann

I mean, republics have fallen because of Praetorian Guard mentality where government officials get very arrogant, they identify the national interest with their own…

— William Barr

The very strength of a nation eventually proves to be its weakness.

— Paul Harris