Empire State

Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or state:

“Keep our Empire undismembered
Guide our Forces by Thy Hand,
Gallant blacks from far Jamaica,
Honduras and Togoland;
Protect them Lord in all their fights,
And, even more, protect the whites.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)

“You mean they could still be living in a primitive state of neurotic irresponsibility?”
—Terry Southern (b. 1924)