Empire Quotes

“An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.”

“What the Romans were to the ancient world, the English have been to the modern.”

“What is the use of having a great empire if it is not a happy family?”

“Tariff Reform means, before all, a preference for the colonies—a preference for our kinsmen.”

“We have to carry out our obligations, even if they are burdensome.”

“The need for a true Imperial Parliament, to which the self-governing Dominions should send their representatives, is a commonplace of imperial thought.”

“The British Empire is the greatest secular agency for good that the world has ever known.”

“Learn to think imperially.”

“The sun never sets on my empire.”

“What we call 'globalization' is a new form of empire.”

“We had at length discovered a country ready for the immediate reception of civilized man and destined perhaps to become eventually a portion of a great empire.”

“The sun never sets on my empire.”

“I am prepared to go to any length... for the purpose of uniting the self-governing colonies with the mother country.”

“The Government which stands for Imperial unity must be a Government which stands for a White Australia.”

“We have conquered a vast empire and have purified the earth of the disorders that tainted it.”

“In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the Republic will be reorganized into the first Galactic Empire.”

“An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.”

“The great lesson of history is that all empires are built on sand.”

“The Oriental world, though it formed part of the Roman Empire, was never truly Romanized.”

“I have given you more provinces than your ancestors gave you cities.”