• The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.

  

  Joseph Conrad

  NovelistBritish1857 · 19th century

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• The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice versa as Englishmen suppose.

  

  Will Rogers

  ComedianAmerican1879 · 19th century

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• The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [The Territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.

  

  Thomas Alva Edison

  ScientistAmerican1847 · 19th century

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• To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

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  Publius Cornelius Tacitus

  WriterRoman55 · 1st century

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• Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to take it; it is certainly dangerous to let it go.

  

  Pericles

  PoliticianGreek-495 · 5th century BC

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