Empire Quotes

When we speak of an empire, we are not just talking about a large state, but a colossal political entity whose influence extends over multiple peoples and territories, often through military force and economic control. It is a story of boundless human ambition, embodied in the rise and expansion of great civilizations, and their inevitable downfall.

The history of empires is full of lessons about absolute power, the nature of control, and the impact of dominance on both the ruled peoples and the empire itself, whether in terms of cultural advancement or systemic injustice.

They represent the pinnacle of human political organization and its capacity for expansion, but also a constant reminder of the limits of that power and the necessity of balance.

Discover the insights of leaders and thinkers in these quotes about the rise of empires, their fall, and the nature of power.

Quote by Voltaire: This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither h...
Quote by Margaret Thatcher: I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, w...
Quote by Winston Churchill: Like other systems in decay, the Roman Empire continued to function for several generations after it...
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires....
Quote by John Lennon: If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire a...
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expe...
Quote by Winston Churchill: I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British E...
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of ...
Quote by Winston Churchill: It is with deep grief I watch the clattering down of the British Empire with all its glories and all...
Quote by Mahatma Gandhi: No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long ...
Quote by Mark Twain: America cannot have an empire abroad and a Republic at home....
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: It is neither holy, Roman or an empire....
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments....
Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: An empire is an immense egotism....
Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero: Empire and liberty....
Quote by Mark Twain: I bring you this stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, besmirched, and dishonored ...
Quote by Thomas Jefferson: We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of the seas than in Great Britai...
Quote by Julius Caesar: The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army...
Quote by George Bernard Shaw: Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world....
Quote by Malcolm X: The British Empire was so vast and so powerful, the sun would never set on it. This is how big it wa...
Quote by Henry David Thoreau: Far from New England's blustering shore,New England's worm her hulk shall bore,And sink her in the I...
Quote by Winston Churchill: Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours whil...
Quote by Voltaire: The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire....
Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is wat...
Quote by Benjamin Franklin: A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges....
Quote by Alexander the Great: If we turn our backs of the Scythians who have provoked us, how shamefully shall we march against th...