Best 908 quotes in «destruction quotes» category

Democracy, like the human organism, carries within it the seed of its own destruction.

Destruction was effected after visitation, for visitation always precedes.

Destruction is a true sign of devotion. As I always tell my girlfriend when she threatens to kill me. 'You should kill me and it would tell me that you love me.

destruction is ultimately self-destruction.

Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life.

Destruction, violence, ravages, murder, are perpetrated by statute law.

Destruction CAN be beautiful!

Destruction of the environment is not only rational; it's exactly what you're taught to do in college.

Did you know destruction of the soul is not the ending to life: Fear not of the Antichrist.

Don't interfere!" The Doctor silenced her angrily. "I cannot will my own destruction.

Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

Each person entering our world brings either a contribution or destruction.

Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing.

Eliminating wickedness is a different project from eliminating violence. Eliminating violence - the destruction associated with wickedness - is a practical program that I'm very willing to pursue.

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

Fear is a weapon of mass destruction.

Fidelity purchased with money, money can destroy.

Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts.

For great as the powers of destruction may be, greater still, are the powers of healing.

Greatness lives on the edge of destruction

For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Guns know no policy except destruction.

Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.

Happiness is generous. It does not subsist on destruction.

If Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because you'll quadruple - this, what's happening in Iran, is a disgrace, and it's going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world.

He [Christ] came to bring peace, to be sure, but the peace that He came to bring must be built upon the complete destruction of the power of darkness.

Help and not fight. Assimilation and not destruction. Harmony and Peace and not dissension.

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

I deplore the death and destruction she [Hillary Clinton] caused-stupidity.

If anyone stumbles then he must repent. If anyone errs then he must repent. And no one must insist on (the path of) destruction. If anyone insists on tyranny then he is far away from the path

I feel like I'm witnessing the systematic destruction of a people's ability to survive. It's horrifying.

Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.

I believe in conversion of mankind, not its destruction.

I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there, so I certainly wouldn't imitate it.

I don't know if it's entirely fair to blame [Dennis Wilson] early death and complete self-destruction on his involvement with Charles Manson, but it was certainly a factor. It affected him psychologically and emotionally.

If Hinduism teaches hatred of Islam or of non-Hindus, it is doomed to destruction.

if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.

If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.

If we allow the destruction of the environment, we can see the terrorists have utterly won, and are destroying the future of our children and grandchildren. We must not let that happen.

If you’re an alcoholic or a drug addict, we flirt with death. We pull ourselves to the brink of destruction and if we’re lucky we pull ourselves back. We all have that in us.

Ignorance breeds fear. If you don't keep that fear in check, that fear will breed hatred. If you don't keep hatred in check it will breed destruction.

If you think the X-Men are going to be push-overs, think again! Far better men than you have pledged their destruction ... yet the X-Men are still here.

I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret, overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.

I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

I have never advised the destruction of life, but of property, yes.

I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living.

I have long come to believe that, more than any other destruction, our word-recklessness is endangering the future of us all.

I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

I ... must continue to strive for more knowledge and more power, though the new knowledge always contradicts the old and the new power is the destruction of the fools who misuse it.