Famous quotes containing the words history and/or empire:
“The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable to our imagination. We suspect they are unworthy. We arraign our daily employments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)