Compromise Quote by Emile M. Cioran

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

— Winston Churchill

One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day…

— Anonymous

It looks perverted and wasteful to us, but then one thing that empires are not about is the efficient use of resources and the…

— Iain Banks

Empires implode from within due to their own excesses.

— Gad Saad

All empires become arrogant. It is their nature.

— Edward Rutherfurd

“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it…

— Edward W. Said

“Violence and resistance are the only answer. Empire has to feel pain or it will never stop devouring you. It is only when a…

— Rawi Hage

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control…

— Edward Said

But if we are to remain a great empire, we must have a greater understanding of the hearts and minds of others.

— Libba Bray

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.

— Gautama Buddha

The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.

— Tom Robbins

Empires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.

— Lionel