Defeat Quote by Philip K. Dick

The Empire is the institution, the codification, of derangement; it is insane and imposes its insanity on us by violence, since its nature is…

— Philip K. Dick

The only reason an empire ever fights wars is to maintain empire.

— Abby Martin

“Violence and resistance are the only answer. Empire has to feel pain or it will never stop devouring you. It is only when a…

— Rawi Hage

“And do not imagine that what we are fighting for is simply the question of freedom or slavery: there is also involved the loss…

— Thucydides

How is the Empire?

— King George V

“How empire permeates!”

— Dennis Lee

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

An empire is an immense egotism.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

— Pericles

It looks perverted and wasteful to us, but then one thing that empires are not about is the efficient use of resources and the…

— Iain Banks

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

“It is only when you understand the extent to which you have been traumatized—even if outside of your awareness—that you can effectively prepare for…

— Carolyn Baker