“That Marxism should triumph in Russia, where there is no industry, would be the greatest contradiction that Marxism could undergo. But there is no such contradiction, for there is no such triumph. Russia is Marxist more or less as the Germans of the Holy Roman Empire were Romans.” ShouldWould BeIndustryHolyRussiaTriumphContradictionEmpiresMarxismRoman EmpireMarxist Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset
“There is no surer mark of a low and unregenerate nature than this tendency of power to loudness and wantonness instead of quietness and reverence. To souls baptized in Christian nobleness the largest sphere of command is but a wider empire of obedience, calling them, not to escape from holy rule, but to its full impersonation.” SoulChristianPowerHolyCallingLowsMarkCommandTendenciesObedienceEmpiresSpheresReverenceQuietnessBaptizedBaptized In Author:James Martineau
“Charlemagne either died or was born or did something with the Holy Roman Empire in 800.” ArtBornHolyDiedEntertainmentEmpiresRoman Empire Book:One Minute, Please Source: One Minute, Please
“The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire, the United Nations is a disunited collection of regimes, many of which do not represent the nations they govern.” NationsUnitedHolyCollectionsEmpiresRegimesUnited NationsRoman Empire Author:George Will
“The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.” HolyEmpiresRoman EmpireRoman Civilization Author:Voltaire
“This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” StillsHistoryHolyEmpiresRoman Empire Author:Voltaire