Bombing Quote by Assar Lindbeck

Next to bombing, rent control is the most effective technique so far known for destroying cities.

— Assar Lindbeck

Destruction is always an attractive idea. My brother and I used to spend weeks making models of cities so that we could destroy them…

— Chuck Palahniuk

When you clean up a city, you destroy it.

— Charles Bukowski

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision.

— Gunnar Myrdal

Cities are made for enemies to destroy.

— Will Oldham

To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting, costly to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large…

— Ilona Andrews

Cities offer us powerful leverage on our most stubborn, wasteful practices. Long commutes in our cars, big power bills from our energy-hogging buildings, shopping…

— Alex Steffen

The more destruction there is everywhere, the more it shows the activity of town authorities.

— Nikolai Gogol

There are tremendous barriers to building housing. If we could break them down, the need for rent controls would go away.

— Tom Golisano

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

— George Orwell

You want to really prevent the construction of units? Pass rent control.

— Kevin Faulconer