Criminal Empire

Famous quotes containing the words criminal and/or empire:

“The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers, may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation that is governed by shopkeepers.”
—Adam Smith (1723–1790)