In summer the empire of insects spreads.
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
Empires always have the hubris to think they are indestructible, when in fact they are always unsustainable.
All empires come to an end, and the American one is no exception.
Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires.
The 19th century was the century of empires, the 20th was the century of nation states, and the 21st is the century of cities and mayors.
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.