"The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire."

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Source : "The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era by Michael Mandelbaum" by George Walden, www.theguardian.com. August 07, 2010.

Michael Mandelbaum

#America Quotes #Doe Quotes #Empires Quotes

“He [said of one or other eminent colleagues] is a very busy man, and half of what he publishes is true, but I don't know which half.”
“And I envy the intransigence of my own Countrymen who shoot to kill and never See the victim's face become their own Or find his motive sabotage their motives.”

Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.93, Faber & Faber
“Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!”
“I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.”
“Every golf course should have its carbon rating on the scorecard, alongside its Course Rating, Slope, par and yardage.”
“I played street hockey in Riverside Park when I was a kid. I played goalie. I didn't make the hockey team in college, so I played lacrosse instead. I didn't play hockey again for 20 to 25 years, and then my son became interested in the game. I decided to pick it up again. A friend let me play backup on his team.”
“What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?”
“The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture”

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