"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."

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"It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat."

John Amery, British Politician

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Joseph Chamberlain, British Politician

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"At all times an empire is more important than emperor and empress, prince and princess."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Daughter," said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never met any such thing as Luck."

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"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

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"The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands."

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"It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat."

"The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come."

"At all times an empire is more important than emperor and empress, prince and princess."

"Daughter," said the Hermit, "I have now lived a hundred and nine winters in this world and have never met any such thing as Luck."

"The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty."

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"In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves."

"For a century longer, Rome still retains its outward form, but the swarming nations are now in full career."

"The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs."

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"The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron."

"Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty."

"The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies."

"A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period."

"The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands."