Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role.
-- Acheson, Dean (1893-1971) [1962.12.05]
-- Speech at the Military Academy, West Point
-- in Vital Speeches 1 January 1963, p. 163
On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar
off hey [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to which,
for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome in the height
of her glory is not to be compared,--a power which has dotted over
the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts,
whose morning drum-beat, following the sun,
-- Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
-- Speech, May 7, 1834, p....
