“ All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. ”
- Aristotle- Copy
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“ Empires built on force will always be destroyed. Those built on trust in Christ will remain. ”
- Joseph R. Sizoo- Copy
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“ Keep our Empire undismembered guide our Forces by Thy Hand, gallant blacks from far Jamaica, Honduras and Togoland; protect them Lord in all their fights, and even more, protect the whites. ”
- John Betjeman- Copy
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“ The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. ”
- Joseph Chamberlain- Copy
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“ The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning. ”
- Thomas B. Macaulay- Copy
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“ To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace. ”
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus- Copy
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“ Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield. ”
- William Morris Hughes- Copy
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“ A monarchy is a merchantman, which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom, whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in water. ”
- Fisher Ames- Copy
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“ This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. ”
- Voltaire- Copy
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“ And the end of the fight is tombstone white with the name of the late deceased, and the epitaph drear, "A Fool lies here who tried to hustle the East.". ”
- Rudyard Kipling- Copy
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“ Take up the White Man's burden — send forth the best ye breed — go, bind your sons to exile to serve your captives need. ”
- Rudyard Kipling- Copy
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“ To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. ”
- Adam Smith- Copy
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“ Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure. ”
- Edward Lee Thorndike- Copy
- 655
“ He had a heart that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar. ”
- Gaston Leroux- Copy
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“ They say the sun never sets over the British Empire, but it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. ”
- Steven Wright- Copy
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