Empire State

Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or state:

    “To Americans I hardly need to say,—
    “Westward the star of empire takes its way.””
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “What thou art is mine;
    Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
    One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)