Empire Died Quotes
- The story of the fifth century was one of the exploitation of imperial weakness. Thus the Western Empire died. — Adrian Goldsworthy
- On 16 September 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died. — Gore Vidal
- The dream of empire died when Shanghai surrendered without a fight. Even at the age of 11 or 12, I knew that no amount of… — J. G. Ballard