Decline Quote by Robert Payne

To keep any great nation up to a high standard of civilization there must be enough superior characters to hold the balance of power,…

— Christian D. Larson

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

— Ezra Pound

Sometimes in greatness you fall short, only to rise again.

— Keith Thurman

A country without a strong leader will go down.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases;…

— Rudyard Kipling

All empires fall eventually. It is the way of things.

— Erin Morgenstern

I think that the world is in a very serious decline - very, very serious.

— Michal Rovner

It is only barbarous nations who have a sudden growth after a victory

— Victor Hugo

If you look at any institution in history - look at the Roman Empire - anything in history, and what it looks like when…

— Trip Hawkins

The first sign on a declining civilization is a decline in the arts.

— Diana Palmer

Many things have fallen only to rise higher.

— Seneca the Younger

nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.

— Ellen Glasgow