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Destruction Quotes by Alexis de Tocqueville
- A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism.
- Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie is not strengthened in…
- How could a society escape destruction if, when political ties are relaxed, moral ties are not tightened, and what can be done with a people…
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- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
- Stories in which the destruction of society occurs are explorations of social fears and issues that filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, painters have been… — J. J. Abrams
- Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with… — Saint Augustine
- Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction. — Bernard Baruch
- The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders. — Annie Besant
- In every language you can imagine, I've had people say 'Appetite For Destruction' is the soundtrack to their lives. I don't think… — Steven Adler
- Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. — Theodor Adorno
- Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them… — Mark Bittman
- The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real. — Tony Blair
- We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. — Aesop
- Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. — Aesop
- Criticism in good faith is good. When it's targeted solely to destruction, I'm not interested. — Andrea Bocelli