"A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges." ― Benjamin Franklin Topic(s): Great Tags: empire, great More From Benjamin Franklin "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." "The first mistake in public business is the going into it." "Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion." More In Great "I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it."― Margaret Thatcher "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."― Albert Einstein "True change takes place in the imagination."― Thomas Moore