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Winston Churchill

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Power gets redefined here. Instead of territory, the imagined empires of the future belong to the mind. The repeated word 'empires' gives thought the scale and reach usually associated with conquest, suggesting that ideas and understanding can become forms of lasting influence.

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