Empires Quotes

610 Empires quotes by 468 unique authors

We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been mortally wounded. The… — Adolf Hitler
If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. — Pat Buchanan
Washington...has become an alien city-state that rules America, and much of the rest of the world, in the way that Rome ruled the Roman Empire. — Richard J. Maybury
The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high. — J. William Fulbright
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall. — Tacitus
Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls. — Janet Morris
Men capable of governing empires fail to control a small white ball, which presents no difficulties whetever to others with one ounce more brain than… — P.G. Wodehouse
If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us. — Daniel Ellsberg
The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning. — Charles de Gaulle
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the… — Neville Chamberlain
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills.… — Winston Churchill
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores… — Michelle Obama
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him "all the kingdoms… — John Owen
Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. — Edward Thorndike
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe… — Winston Churchill
The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. — Joseph Sobran
Even the most Bush-happy, flag suckling jack-arse knows deep-down inside that something is wrong. America is over and everyone knows it. The New World Order… — Jello Biafra
The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to… — Francis Bacon
She is a reflection of comfortable middle-class values that do not take seriously the continuing unemployment. What I particularly regret is that she does not… — John Kenneth Galbraith
When it was over my daughter said, 'Oh, I felt so sorry for him - he didn't want to hurt you, he liked you.' That… — Fay Wray
To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire. — Karl Marx
The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire, that is Muhammed. As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured,… — Alphonse de Lamartine
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man… — Alphonse de Lamartine
Bolshevism is to be reckoned with Mohammedanism rather than with Christianity and Buddhism. Christianity and Buddhism are primarily personal religions, with mystical doctrines and a… — Bertrand Russell
By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid. As… — John Bagot Glubb

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