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Empire and liberty.

Empire and liberty.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about liberty

So we make this big loan, most of it comes back to the United States, the country is left with the debt plus lots of interest, and they basically become our servants, our slaves. It's an empire. There's no two ways about it. It's a huge empire....

Quote by John Perkins about interest, country

The Inland Empire is indeed species rich, but we have...

The Inland Empire is indeed species rich, but we have been hit hard by jobs lost by ESA. That is why we need to take into account the human cost.

Quote by Joe Baca about wealth, need, human imperfections

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a...

Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role.

Quote by Dean Acheson about politics

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.

Quote by George W. Bush about peace, dignity, nation, woman, man

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about past, future

The Labour Party's history was that they gave their...

The Labour Party's history was that they gave their independence to all the Empire and Commonwealth.

Quote by Sean Connery about independence, history

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was...

It seems that the most important thing about Reagan was his anti-Communism and his reputation as a hawk who saw the Soviet Union as an evil empire.

Quote by Mikhail Gorbachev about communism, prestige, union, things

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between...

Quote by Arthur Henderson about nation

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid...

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful.

Quote by John Perkins about economy, companies, americans, country, man

This empire, unlike any other in the history of the world, has been built primarily through economic manipulation, through cheating, through fraud, through seducing people into our way of life, through the economic hit men. I was very much a part...

Quote by John Perkins about history, cheating, man, world, life, people

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires...

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Quote by Martin Scorsese about history, old, destruction, fall, love

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