Empires – Quotes

Between government in the

Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal enmity. Garet Garrett

We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night: the precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say: ‘You are now entering Imperium.’ Yet it was a very old road and … Read more

Why did you want

Why did you want to go and distract me like that? I was quite in my element and everything.’ Conall laughed. ‘Someone has to keep you off balance; otherwise you’ll end up ruling the empire. Or at least ordering it into wretched submission. Gail Carriger

What if all those

What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself, what’s the weirdest most eccentric historical phenomenon of them all? Answer:the Great British Empire. Clearly, one tiny little island could only conquer half the known world with supernatural aid. Those absurd Victorian manners … Read more

A people that grows

A people that grows accustomed to sloppy writing is a people in the process of losing grip on its empire and on itself. Ezra Pound

When words cease to

When words cease to cling close to things, kingdoms fall, empires wane and diminish. Ezra Pound

But a multitude of

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government. Ezra Stiles

Some countries of Europe

Some countries of Europe have to free themselves from the US Empire. They are not going to frighten us because we are a people with dignity and sovereignty. Evo Morales

You cannot be less

You cannot be less than you are now. You cannot achieve a vibration that is less than the vibration that you have achieved. That’s why when someone achieves an empire and then something happens where it is lost or destroyed, they still have the vibration that they’ve achieved, and the empire will come back again … Read more

All empires fall eventually.

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