“The only phenomenon with which writing has always been concomitant is the creation of cities and empires, that is the integration of large numbers of individuals into a political system, and their grading into castes or classes. It seems to have favored the exploitation of human beings rather than their enlightenment.”
Claude Levi-Strauss
“Bad weather is expected all week up and down the East Coast, with concomitant flight delays and hassles, so if you don't have to be out there in the slop, stay home.”
Chris McGinnis
“This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire”
Voltaire
“The City has for centuries been absolutely brilliant at defending its empire.”
Tony Travers
“You want to see some of the basics of the city, which aren't expensive at all, like the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, which you can see for free from the Staten Island Ferry. Places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which has a suggested donation fee so it can be as inexpensive as you like.”
Nathan Lump
“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”
Benjamin Franklin
“An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.”
Charles de Montesquieu
