Empire Strikes

Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or strikes:

“An empire is an immense egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human tool knows itself a man, able to stand up and speak a word or strike a blow.”
—Charles Horton Cooley (1864–1929)