Empire Quote by King George V

An empire is an immense egotism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

My mind to me an empire is.

— Robert Southwell

The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.

— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

When I first did 'Empire,' it was a severe break from everything I'd written up to that point, which is all very continuity-driven, super-heroic,…

— Mark Waid

This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing…

— John Perkins

The thing that's really important to understand is, the last thing an empire traditionally does is drive itself into bankruptcy. You've seen that with…

— Juan Enriquez

An extensive empire must be supported by a refined system of policy and oppression; in the centre, an absolute power, prompt in action and…

— Edward Gibbon

“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 W. Said

“The Empire is all those who live within its borders, from the nobles to the lowest servant, even the slaves who work the fields.…

— Raymond E. Feist

The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not…

— William Blake

My view as a historian is that the empire was an extractive, exploitative, racist and violent institution and that the history of empire is…

— David Olusoga