Empire Quotes

599 Empire quotes by 452 unique authors

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss. — Mike Myers
If, during the Second World War, the United States had retooled its factories for manufacturing bicycles instead of munitions, we’d be one of the healthiest,… — Ralph Nader
I'm trying to build an empire, because after this, I cannot get a normal job — Nicole Polizzi
By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire. — Barbara Amiel
These two great organisations of the English-speaking democracies, the British Empire and the United States, will have to be somewhat mixed up together in some… — Winston Churchill
The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It’s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films.… — Unknown Author
I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood. — Steven Spielberg
When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we have… — Kenny Everett
We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating… — Karl Rove
Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was seen sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented… — Rowan Williams
The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society. — William Wordsworth
Homosexuality, like androgyny, might be an instinctive racial response to overpopulation, crowding, and stress. Both flourish when empire reaches its apogee. — Edward Abbey
The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and… — Edward Abbey
We shall divert through our own Country a branch of commerce which the European States have thought worthy of the most important struggles and sacrifices,… — Thomas Jefferson
I do not conceive that power is given to the President and Senate to dismember the empire, or to alienate any great, essential right. I… — James Madison
It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as… — John Stuart Mill
I am not carrying on a war of extermination against the Romans. I am contending for honor and empire. My ancestors yielded to Roman valour.… — Hannibal
Let's save the human race, let's finish off the U.S. empire, — Hugo Chavez
I am leading a war against the British Empire. I'm not worried about what Democratic Party hacks say or do. — Kesha
Down with the U.S. empire! It must be said, in the entire world: Down with the empire! — Hugo Chavez
Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Ukraine, a new and important space on the Eurasian chessboard, is a geopolitical pivot because its very existence as an independent country helps to transform… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy. Power is enough. Only the weak rely… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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