Behinds Quote by Henry David Thoreau

You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.

— Pat Robertson

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but…

— Robert D. Kaplan

“The long-term integrity of the empire would not be assured by warm words alone. Britain"s own position in the empire had changed. Once, the…

— Charles Emmerson

You saw Britain back in the early days of sailing ships. They were the sea power, the controlled the seas and they had colonies…

— Leroy Chiao

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

— Tony Benn

We better rethink the position of the United States in the world and whether we want to be an empire. Being an empire puts…

— Howard Zinn

We really need to stop the imperialist tendencies of countries like the United States and Great Britain

— Cindy Sheehan

America has never been an empire. We may be the only great power in history that had the chance, and refused - preferring greatness…

— George W. Bush

From the American Revolution right up to the Second World War, the U.S. was more likely to provoke suspicion among members of the British…

— Linda Colley

A dynamic Britain, free from the E.U., can be the greatest force of good in the world.

— Priti Patel

If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.

— Pat Buchanan

Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what…

— Antony Beevor