For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
Anything that reduces war-related destruction should not be considered altogether immoral.
We have to create; it is the only thing louder than destruction.
White males are the most responsible for the destruction of human life and environment on the planet today.
Our arms must be mighty. . . ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction
In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction.
Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.
Do not seek death, seek destruction.
And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness.
Extremists, who thrive on conflict; who do not tolerate diversity; who seek power through division and destruction. The global system they hope to create is one of new walls and new isolation, and radically smaller horizons. It is an anti-democratic, anti-economic-growth, and anti-progress agenda.
Theories of art carry the seeds of their own destruction.
Jerusalem has been - and for many, still is - a metaphor for destruction and the vengeance of an offended God. She is the city where believers have killed unbelievers to give life to faith.
While envisaging the destruction of imperialism, it is necessary to identify its head, which is no other than the United States of America.
Sometimes the best offense was avoiding self-destruction.
In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction.
There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad, to write a constitution and to open the way for elections. It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process. This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
And change isn't destruction. It's just change.
Some people accuse me of exaggeration, so let me be clear. Those people seek nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of the American way of life.
I think I know enough of hate to say that for destruction ice is also great and would suffice.
History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is tempted to say, too much. Decay and destruction have hardly begun their beneficent work.