Money was the crux. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction?” — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Anyone who refuses the love of a child deserves nothing but evil as terrible as the heart you have blackened. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view. — Dan Farmer Copy Share Image
“…If one who slays one is a murderer then he who slays a thousand is not a hero,' said Lalu.” — Mulk Raj Anand Copy Share Image
Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
“We all die and disappear, but that’s because the mechanism of the world itself is built on destruction and loss. Our lives… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Are we not concerned, for example, by the growing danger related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missile technology?… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and… — Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Copy Share Image
The traditional religions worry me. Their long history proves that they have not understood the meaning of the commandment: Thou shalt not… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Survival of the fittest can take us only so far; competition and aggression have brought us to the brink of self-destruction. What… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
Space is still filled with the noise of destruction and annihilation, the shouts of self-assurance and arrogance, the weeping of despair and… — Alfred Delp Copy Share Image
Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Inside the White House there were always extreme amounts of doubt about whether they should be escalating in Afghanistan. In fact, most… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
We often think that "bad" relationships are motivating by self-loathing or a wish for self-destruction, but I think that loving people who… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I do not wish upon anyone a descent into hell. But if your life has to be turned inside out in order… — Elizabeth Lesser Copy Share Image
Let us no longer be blinded by the dim theology that only in the far seeing vision discovers a millennium, when violence… — Lucretia Mott Copy Share Image
When incentive to acquire and obtain property is gone, people no longer make efforts to acquire any... Those who infringe upon property… — Ibn Khaldun Copy Share Image
Even if, personally, I'm in a place of contentment or solidity, I feel like it's hard not to look out into American… — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
The paraphrase of Gödel's Theorem says that for any record player, there are records which it cannot play because they will cause… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When you have discovered your significance, your life will now begin to move towards making a difference.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Some people accuse me of exaggeration, so let me be clear. Those people seek nothing less than the complete and utter destruction… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The situation is worse than it has ever been before. This is the legacy of Hillary Clinton - death, destruction, terrorism and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
When you have in money in hand, only you forget who are you. But when you do not have any money in… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To describe 'Mutually Assured Destruction' as an 'insurance policy' would be comical if it wasn't such an appalling concept. — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
“She was overwhelmed with a premonition. Deja vu but from the future, looking back to this moment looking forward.” — William Kely McClung Copy Share Image
Our power does not know liberty or justice. It is established on the destruction of the individual will. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
Who can destroy iron but its own rust, and who can destroy a person but his own mind? — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
As horrific as this impact has been on my constituents, it is only a small part of the overwhelming destruction covering 90,000… — Jo Bonner Copy Share Image
I compliment President Obama on having these summits each year in Washington in which people have talked about ridding the world of… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
“When greed is enthroned, be it in a community or nation, ungodliness is celebrated at the altar of human pleasure.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The belief in their actions can mend constellations. The ambition in their thirst for knowledge can both create and destroy.” — F.K. Preston Copy Share Image
