Empires Quotes

610 Empires quotes by 468 unique authors

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but… — Edward Said
The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism — Chris Hedges
It's hard to imagine a more potent sign of a weak, declining empire than having one's national 'credibility' depend upon periodically bombing other countries. — Glenn Greenwald
The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire. — Winston Churchill
Failure to critique US empire allows feminist projects to be used and mobilized as handmaidens in the imperial project. — Chandra Talpade Mohanty
The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes and atrocities of… — Chris Hedges
Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama’s empire is called a terrorist. — Robert Fisk
The Mirror Empire is the most original fantasy I've read in a long time, set in a world full of new ideas, expanding the horizons… — Adrian Tchaikovsky
There's nothing routine about 'Boardwalk Empire.' It's like being in some secret society where they call you up and tell you where to go: 'Meet… — Michael Shannon
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 save… — Emile de Girardin
A thinking man is the worst enemy the Prince of Darkness can have; every time such an one announces himself, I doubt not there runs… — Thomas Carlyle
Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I have watched independent record stores evaporate all over America and Europe. That's why I go into as many as I can and buy records… — Henry Rollins
Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European… — John Shimkus
The danger to the country, to Europe, to her vast Empire, which is involved in having all these great interests entrusted to the shaking hand… — Queen Victoria
One basic formula for understanding the Community is this: 'Take five broken empires, add the sixth one later, and make one big neo-colonial empire out… — Johan Galtung
We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall… — Romano Prodi
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause. — John Dryden
President Reagan was a leader at a time when the American people most needed leadership. He outlined a vision that captured the imagination of the… — Dennis Hastert
In recent times, European nations, with the use of gunpowder and other technical improvements in warfare, controlled practically the whole world. One, the British Empire,… — John Boyd Orr
In every island of the Aegean Sea are found abundant traces of a vast prehistoric empire. — James Theodore Bent
All empire is no more than power in trust. — John Dryden
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has… — Edward Said
The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind… — George Washington

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