America Quote by Marianne Faithfull

So what if America loses its empire? We never should have had one in the first place.

— John Rzeznik

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

If you look at the history of the U.S., we were an empire long before we were a nation.

— Robert D. Kaplan

Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.

— Harry Browne

America is the new Roman Empire. Remember what happened to Rome.

— Eddie Izzard

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

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

— Pat Robertson

The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States.

— Tariq Ali

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.

— Michael Mandelbaum

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

America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home.

— Mark Twain

It is a reality attested by all history that if a republic assumes imperial functions it will not remain a republic.

— Felix Morley