“The Empire Never Ended”

“All dreams of empire end because day breaks in the hearts of the slaves used to build it.”

“In the end, when all the trappings of empire are stripped away, it is every man for himself. 1528”

“He had a hear that could have held the empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.”

“The ancient world found an end to anarchy in the Roman Empire, but the Roman Empire was a brute fact, not an idea. The Catholic world sought an end to anarchy in the church, which was an idea, but was never adequately embodied in fact. Neither the ancient nor the medieval solution was satisfactory – the one because it could not be idealized, the other because it could not be actualized. The modern world, at present, seems to be moving towards a solution like that of antiquity: a social order imposed by force, representing the will of the powerful rather than the hopes of the common men. The problem of a durable and satisfactory social order can only be solved by combining the solidarity of the Roman Empire with the idealism of St. Augustine’s City of God. To achieve this a new philosophy will be needed”

“He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar.”