Own Destruction Quotes

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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. — Aesop
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way. — Fisher Ames
The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own… — John Playfair
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction. — Adolf Hitler
Inflexibility is the worst human failing. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind,… — Anton Myrer
Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds… — Jane Jacobs
People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction. — James A. Baldwin
For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction. — Marvin Gaye
The privileged have regularly invited their own destruction with their greed. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction. — Owen D. Young
Is O used by RenÃ© and Sir Stephen, or does she in fact use them, and...all those irons and chains and obligatory debauchery, to fulfill… — Anne Desclos
We shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The capitalist countries, stupid… — Dmitry Manuilsky
Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches, And seeing theirs,… — Kathleen Raine
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own… — Aesop
Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy,… — Mark Twain
It is interesting how keen people are for you to do something they would never dream of doing themselves, how enthusiasticall y they drive you… — Rachel Cusk
No unborn baby has ever had the right to choose or deny its own destruction. — R C Sproul
The unchecked striving for more, for endless growth, is a dysfunction and a disease. It is the same dysfunction the cancerous cell manifests, whose only… — Eckhart Tolle
I think in some way I wanted it to end, even if it meant my own destruction. — Jeffrey Dahmer
Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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