I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.