Empires Quotes

610 Empires quotes by 468 unique authors

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
The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires. — Joseph Conrad
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
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. — Unknown Author
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
To put it in a terminology that hearkens back to the more brutal age of ancient empires, the three grand imperatives of imperial geo-strategy are… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity. — Emile M. Cioran
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
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made. And… — Alcibiades
It lies upon the people's shoulders to prepare for the war, but it lies upon the Israeli army to carry out the fight with the… — Moshe Dayan
The achieved West had given the United States something that no people had ever had before, an internal, domestic empire. — Bernard DeVoto
O, beautiful and grand, My own, my native land! Of thee I boast: Great empire of the west, The dearest and the best, Made up… — Abraham Coles

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