It is an empire…that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in… — Niall Ferguson · Skopia

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It is an empire…that dare not speak its name. It is an empire in denial.

2003

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On the United States.

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Ferguson, Niall. Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World. Allen Lane/Basic Books, 2003, conclusion.

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