A thousand years may scare form a state. An hour may lay it in ruins. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

An empire is an immense egotism. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 Babington Macaulay

Roman, remember that you shall rule the nations by your authority, for this is to be your skill, to make peace the custom, to spare the conquered, and to wage war until the haughty are brought low. – Virgil