All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire.

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History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by...

Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were...

Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were...

I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to...

I can see that you are a true historian because you really always ought to...

Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a...

Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a...

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you...

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you...

War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare...

War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare...

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from...

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from...

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I...

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I...