Quotes by Tacitus, Publius Cornelius

Things forbidden have a secret charm. >>

Forbidden things have a secret charm. >>

Posterity will pay everyone their due. >>

Quotations about Empire

Great Britain has lost an Empire and has not yet found a role. >>

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure. >>

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. >>

To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius