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Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. John Boyd Orr

Defeat Rival Empires Within Always Fallen Won Revolt Either Conquest

The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. John Boyd Orr

Great Religion Power Increase State Approval Possible Has-Been Empires Powers Force Arms Policy Territory Always Been Get

Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. John Boyd Orr

Knowledge Political Fall Every Increase Changes Though Brought About Rise General Structure Economic Empires Principles Survived Social

The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. Joseph Chamberlain

Day Long Small Small Nations Empires Come Passed Nations Away

States that have experienced revolutions or have acquired their independence from empires - such as the U.S. or Australia - tend to celebrate their constitutional documents and put them on show in special galleries so that every citizen can become familiar with them. In the U.K., this is not properly done. Linda Colley

Celebrate Independence Citizen Become Every States Constitutional Properly Tend Put Empires Documents Australia Familiar Revolutions Done Experienced Them Acquired Galleries Show Special

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. Michael Mandelbaum

Politics World Economics Few Control Other Considerable Rule States Out Cases Directly Indirectly Exceptions Empires Does Always Prove American Done Influence Turn Certainly Special United United States Societies Save

I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever. Mitch Kapor

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires. Montesquieu

Great Great Things Adventurers Empires Always Who Things

The Turkish, Arab and Chinese nationalists who built new nation-states out of the ruins of old empires scorned their old, decrepit rulers as much as they did the foreign imperialists who imposed free trade through gunboats. Pankaj Mishra

The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second World War, which divided the continent until the end of the century. Paul Keating

War Heart World First Destroyed Only Civilisation Divided Empires Until First World First World War Continent Led End Aftermath Which Century European Second World War Second World War

Indeed, China may never acquire the geo-political influence and reach that Great Britain enjoyed in the 19th century and the United States of America did in the 20th, even though it may have already surpassed the geo-economic clout the two major powers enjoyed in the heyday of their empires. Sanjaya Baru

Great Great Britain Heyday Indeed States Though Never Empires Major Reach Powers America Did May Influence Clout China Acquire Century Even United United States United States Of America Enjoyed Britain Two

I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished. Sid Meier

Love Time Respect Age Empires Accomplished Games Play

Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable. Marianne Williamson

Think Indestructible Fact Empires Unsustainable Always Hubris In Fact

I think that running empires as a way of ordering the world is a flawed model. Kwasi Kwarteng

World Think I Think Way Running Empires Model Ordering Flawed

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