Commit Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,

— Peter Arnett

“The town lay beneath their feet, its outskirts in ruin from the negligence of arrogant people who thought it was acceptable to let everything…

— Konstantina P

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

— Honore de Balzac

Cities are made for enemies to destroy.

— Will Oldham

This town will be the downfall of us all.

— A Day To Remember

“Since the military part of town could not tolerate disarray and the commercial part found it unprofitable, all of the chaos had been pushed…

— Neal Stephenson

Not every town can or should be saved.

— J. D. Vance

We see many instances of cities going down like sinking ships to their destruction. There have been such wrecks in the past and there…

— Plato

What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self.

— Charles Spurgeon

You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin.

— Mahatma Gandhi