“Why do the peoples more and more exhaust their strength in accumulating means of destruction which are valueless even to accomplish the… — Ivan Bliokh Copy Share Image
At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria… — Nils Kjaer Copy Share Image
The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable… — Armstrong Williams Copy Share Image
I found myself reading about this 16-year-old kid inventing a micro-organism to save the ocean. It made me realise that we can… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
“others devoted to life will surely find that between the creation of life and the destruction of the destroyers there is no… — Ayi Kwei Armah Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is we went after Iraq for oil. And the fact of the matter is that the United… — Dennis Kucinich Copy Share Image
We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement,… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When ambitious men find an open passage, they are rather busy than dangerous; and if well watched in their proceedings, they will… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
The effort to make financial or political profit out of the destruction of character can only result in public calamity. Gross and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I and everyone else in this world live in what is probably the most difficult times that have ever been. We are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is my contention that an agent ideal to the use of the scientific militarist, for both the air raid and the… — David Lasser Copy Share Image
We have now spent 1 trillion dollars waging the drug war since it began. A trillion. Those funds could have been used… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the… — Jay Rockefeller Copy Share Image
One man in one mood will attack Industrial Capitalism for its destruction of beauty; another for its incompetence; another for the vileness… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
But I am living in the midst of the uncertainty and risk, amid things that can and do bring physical destruction, because… — Katie Davis Copy Share Image
With the more endowed nations constrained by their own higher technological capacity for self-destruction as well as by self interest, war may… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
A garden is like those pernicious machineries which catch a man's coat-skirt or his hand, and draw in his arm, his leg… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved,… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
The BBC is another part of the destruction of Great Britain. The truth is that the BBC doesn't know that it is… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
If they burn a book, have no worries. The book will feel NO pain so neither should you! True destruction of the… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
All of these riots around the globe are endangering the world. And mobs are always dangerous, destructive things that end society. Liberal… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the ultimate ironies of eternity is that the adversary, who is miserable precisely because he has no physical body, invites… — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
The claim that democracy and efficiency are contradictory is nonsense. That's evident in the history of democracy itself, because it is only… — Sigmar Gabriel Copy Share Image
The simple fact is that the world is not paying for the services the forests provide. At the moment, they are worth… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The way to truth lies through the destruction of the false. To destroy the false, you must question your most inveterate beliefs.… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I want to say, and this is very important: at the end we lucked out. It was luck that prevented nuclear war.… — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the… — Karl Donitz Copy Share Image
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We shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The… — Dmitry Manuilsky Copy Share Image
Rivers are inherently interesting. They mold landscapes, create fertile deltas, provide trade routes, a source for food and water; a place to… — Edward Gargan Copy Share Image
The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Self-centeredness will bring on the destruction of our world. National pride separates people. All people need the same thing. When you really… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
People can't live with themselves much longer. The planet cannot live with humans much longer! We have the weaponry, destruction of the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Oh, really? Do you wake up heaving from bloody dreams that promise destruction like some crazy street guy forecasting the Apocalypse? Did… — Courtney Vail Copy Share Image
In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Last night I thought about all that kerosene I've used in the past ten years. And I thought about books. And for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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