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Political literature3 quotes
When the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys. — George Orwell · 1936The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism. — Vladimir Lenin · 1917Political speech3 quotes
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. — Winston Churchill · 1943Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. — Dean Acheson · 1962The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come. — Joseph Chamberlain · 1904Comedy1 quote
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? — Reg · 1979Comedy (film)1 quote
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? — Reg · 1979Historical literature1 quote
There is nothing perhaps more adverse to nature and reason than to hold in obedience remote countries and foreign nations in opposition to their inclination and interest. — Edward Gibbon · 1781Philosophical literature1 quote
The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762