Hegemon Quotes

#1. People [in US] are starting to rethink this idea of empire, this idea of the United States being this superpower, the hegemon, is not working, and we can't afford it anymore.

Peter Kuznick

#2. A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson's biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. It's first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing.

F. Sionil Jose

#3. What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism.

Shimon Peres

#4. Since the security benefits of hegemony are enormous" in an anarchic system in which there is no world hegemon, "powerful states will invariably be tempted to emulate the United States and try to dominate their region of the world."15

Robert D. Kaplan

#5. The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of the past that took over the lands of others and eventually collapsed under the weight of the over-ambitious hegemon.

Conrad Black

#6. Jesus to Pilate:
"The trouble is," the bound man went on, not stopping by anyone, "that you are too closed off and have definitely lost faith in people. You must agree, one can't place all one's affection in a dog. Your life is impoverished, Hegemon.

Mikhail Bulgakov

#7. Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.

John Mearsheimer

#8. The historical record suggests that the transition to to a new hegemon has always been attended by what I have elsewhere called hegemonic war.

Robert Gilpin

#9. But even before Obama had a chance to carve out a name for himself as a drone-happy serial killer in the Middle East, the US made it clear that it was not going to play benign hegemon in its Latin American backyard.

Liza Featherstone

#10. What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.

Oliver Stone

#11. Everything has positive and negative consequences.

Farrah Fawcett

#12. This was everyday life on social media, each side lurching toward mockery and attack - fanning the flames of the divisive chaos from which Trump, the Twitter candidate, had risen.

Jon Ronson

#13. This is a book. Only make-believe. Remember?

Susan Wise Bauer

#14. Oh oh it's magic, when I'm with you, oh oh it's magic, you know it's true, got a hold on you.

Ric Ocasek

#15. Stop your weeping. Grief is for the dead.

Brom

#16. Are Cops Now America's Most Dangerous Domestic Terrorists?

William B. Scott

#17. It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.

Vicki Pettersson

#18. What is terrifying is the ability, through mass brainwashing or propaganda, to change normal human instinct, which does not necessarily contain very much hatred.

Antony Beevor

#19. We can have our hearts broken over so much more. It is important to recognize the full spectrum of heartbreak. We can be heartbroken by lost and by disappointment. But heartbreak is not just this negative image we see, it's not this terrible experience that brings no benefits.

Sandra Cisneros

#20. You need some accessories. Some businesswoman-type accessories." "Like what? A Filofax?

Sophie Kinsella

#21. The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

Bela Lugosi