Sentence examples for imperial mentality from inspiring English sources
Football is, perhaps, one of the last recesses, or perhaps hiding-places of an ancient imperial mentality – however internationalised football has become, however rich in a heritage of diversity England's players.
The imperial mentality is so profound that few seem able to perceive that the White House is glorifying bin Laden by calling him "Geronimo" -- the Apache Indian chief who led the courageous resistance to the invaders of Apache lands. .
And here's the weirdest thing about this distinctly American version of the imperial: a persistent short-time mentality seems only to feed its opposite, wars that persist without end.
France, like the British and United States, is a former imperial power and still acts with that mentality by using force excessively abroad.
That is because these wars are all marked by imperial political overstretch – they are the living, if that is the right word, expression of the mentality that a few rich and powerful countries have the right to intervene where they will to further their own interests which, in the case of Libya, clearly include oil.
Today, it seems imperial.
Elgarian Imperial residue.
