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- The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements… — John Playfair
- Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities… — Jane Jacobs
- People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction. — James A. Baldwin
- 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
- We shall begin by launching the most spectacular peace movement on record. There will be electrifying overtures and unheard of concessions. The… — Unknown Author
- Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have… — Bryant H. McGill
- I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. — Martin Scorsese
- I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about… — Lois Lowry
- At the most we gaze at it in wonder, a kind of wonder which in itself is a form of dawning horror,… — W G Sebald
- People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on… — James A. Baldwin
- A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be… — James A. Baldwin