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Empire
«In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it»
«A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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cake, diminished, edges, Empire
«Americans never fought for empire, for territory, for dominance -- but many, many Americans gave their lives for freedom.»
«America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
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ambitions, basic, democratic, dignity, dominate, dominated by, Empire, founded, mission, missions
«Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him.»
Author: Napoleon Bonaparte
(Emperor, General, Politician)
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Alexander, before Christ, Caesar, Charlemagne, christ, creations, Empire, empires, force, foundation, founded, genius, hour, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus Only, millions, myself, rest
«In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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climate, consistent, disposed, Empire, Great Books, India, pondered, ponders, serene, spoke, unworthy