Empires rise not through the will of great men alone, but th... - Fernand Braudel

"Empires rise not through the will of great men alone, but through structural economic advantages."

Fernand Braudel Power

Historian French 1902–1985

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Geography is destiny."

"Civilizations are mortal like men."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."