It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. – Charles de Montesquieu
Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn’t. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can’t figure it out. – D. A. Pennebaker
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected. – Mark Rutte
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires. – Eric S. Raymond
Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind. – Noah Feldman
Some have called Afghanistan ‘the graveyard of empires,’ and it probably is the graveyard of empires. – James G. Stavridis
Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old empires / i. – Jack Schwartz
Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. – John Boyd Orr
Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared. – William Jennings Bryan
