Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival.
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In the last five or six thousand years, empires one after another have arisen, waxed powerful by wars of conquest, and fallen by internal revolution or attack from without.
Every empire eventually falls.
Empires inevitably fall, and when they do, history judges them for the legacies they leave behind.
All great empires die from within.
The victors in great wars have always been spiritually defeated by the conquered.
Look to the past and remember no empire rises that sooner or later won't fall.
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.
All empires come to an end, and the American one is no exception.
There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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