| "Empires
have no interest in operating within an international system;
they aspire to be the international system"
|
|
Henry
Kissinger
Diplomacy
1994
|
| M |
| "An
empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war." |
|
Monetsquieu
Considerations
sur les causes de la grandeur
des Romaines de leur decadence
1734
|
| M |
| "We
assert that no nation can long endure half republic and half
empire, and we warn the American people that imperialism abroad
will lead quickly and inevitably to despotism at home."
|
Democratic
National Platform
1900
|
