Empire Quote by Cardinal Richelieu

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.

— John Boyd Orr

When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish.

— Ezra Pound

Every empire eventually falls.

— Michael Douglas

“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after battle but…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The military failure of the old empire was subsequently not mourned as an outward loss but celebrated as an inward gain.”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory and to…

— Anonymous

“The Empire, in Hobsbawm’s evocative words, was ‘so easily won, so narrowly based, so absurdly easily ruled thanks to the devotion of a few…

— Shashi Tharoor

I say one evil empire down...one to go.

— Michael Moore

“The Empire Never Ended”

— Philip K. Dick

“Create a position that an enemy and haters will lose when you disappear, then name it empire”

— Anonymous

I recognize no empire of this present age.

— Paul Speratus

All empires eventually destroy themselves. That's the record of history.

— Ralph Nader