George Curzon Quotes

Conquest gives a title which the courts of the conqueror cannot deny.

Small countries such as Belgium would be well-advised to rally to the side of the strong if the wish to retain their independence.

What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

I don't consider Americans bullies, but I do consider the American government bullying.

Force in today's world, just as in the past, is what determines rights.

All political questions, all matters of right, are at bottom only questions of might.

Just as the United States doesn't like others to take charge, other countries also don't like the United States to play a dominant role in the United Nations.

All empire is no more than power in trust.

Hegemony mean[t] that [Athens] organized and directed their combined efforts without securing permanent political power over the other[s].

Might and right govern everything in this world; might till right is ready.

It’s not a dictatorship in the United States. But it is dictatorial to the rest of the world. Who’s going to say no?

… to me, I confess, they are pieces on a chessboard upon which is being played out a game for domination of the world.

The politician, who measures the interests of his country by her preponderance in the scale of empire, regards all consideration of individual happiness as a weakness.

We cannot cede our moral authority to multinational debating societies.

... we Americans know and we observe the differences between world leadership and imperialism.

It makes sense for Japan to pursue a more independent role in the world, following Latin America and others in freeing itself from U.S. domination.

The man is king. The man is supreme.

America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being 'hegemonistic', of engaging in 'unilateralism', of behaving as if we're the only nation on earth that counts. We are.

The great powers claim that whatever they possess is theirs by right, but whatever we, the smaller countries possess is negotiable.

There is no power without justice.