Between Quote by Linda Colley

I think the condition of imperial denial is a handicap because if you do not recognize that you are essentially performing the functions of…

— Niall Ferguson

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

“It is a sequence familiar in the capitals of other great empires: the extreme inequality created as loot from abroad pours in; the corruption…

— Andrew Marr

“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

It is necessary to expose the false propaganda of the imperialists and thoroughly dispel the illusion that the imperialists will give up their positions…

— Kim Il-sung

“Exceptionalism" is a shared self-description of imperial forms and . . . every empire imagines itself an exception.”

— Ann Laura Stoler

We are at a point in our work when we can no longer ignore empires and the imperial context in our studies. (p. 5)

— Anonymous

Colonialism bred an innate arrogance, but when you undertake that sort of imperial adventure, that arrogance gives way to a feeling of accommodativeness. You…

— Wole Soyinka

We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.

— Donald Rumsfeld

All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any…

— Donald Kagan

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 Said