Empires Quotations | Page 3
Empires Quotes from:
- Winston Churchill
- Edward Gibbon
- Christian Nestell Bovee
- Edward Young
- Hugo Chavez
- Napoleon Bonaparte
- Publilius Syrus
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Andrew Cuomo
- Andrew Marvell
- Chris Hedges
- Doris Lessing
- Edward Said
- Ezra Pound
- Francis Bacon
- Howard Zinn
- John Boyd Orr
- John Dryden
- John Gresham Machen
- John Lothrop Motley
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Men Quotes
And if a man consider the original of this great Ecclesiastical Dominion, he will easily perceive, that the Papacy , is no other than the Ghost of the deceased Romane Empire , sitting crowned upon the grave thereof: For so did the Papacy start up on a Sudden out of the Ruines of that Heathen Power.
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Pain Quotes
There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. Species evolve and die off. Empires rise, then break apart. Businesses grow, then fold. There are no exceptions. I'm OK with all that. Yet it pains me to bear witness to the sixth great extinction, where we humans are directly responsible for the extirpation of so many wonderful creatures and invaluable indigenous cultures. It saddens me to observe the plight of our own species; we appear to be incapable of solving our problems.
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Age Quotes
To put it in a terminology that hearkens back to the more brutal age of ancient empires, the three grand imperatives of imperial geo-strategy are to prevent collusion and maintain security dependence among the vassals, to keep tributaries pliant and protected, and to keep the barbarians from coming together.