America Quote by Pat Robertson

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

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 British especially have no excuse for forgetting that empire is a most complex and persistent beast. And it has claws.

— Linda Colley

It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first-rate power. We do not…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

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

— John Rzeznik

You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like…

— Doris Lessing

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

— Pat Buchanan

I've never met an American who wanted to build an empire.

— Tom Wolfe

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

— Mark Twain

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.

— Dean Acheson

“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