"Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire."

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History is made of empires, and the United States was by far and away the greatest, richest, and fairest empire that had every dominated the earth. Inevitably, it would fall. Empires always did. But we were lucky, you said. We got to participate in the most fascinating social experiment ever attempted.

— Lionel Shriver