“All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view: the overthrow of the ruffian Boroughmongers. If I write grammars; if I write on agriculture; if I sow, plant, or deal in seeds; whatever I do has first in view the destruction of those infamous tyrants.” IfsWritingFirstsWishViewsDealsPlansDesignObjectsDestructionPlantSeedsPursuitTyrantsAgricultureGrammarPrivate LifeInfamousRuffian Author:William Cobbett
“There is no nation on earth powerful enough to accomplish our overthrow. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from anothe quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence. I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men and become the instruments of their own undoing.” PeopleMenWayShouldMayMadeEnoughGovernmentEarthNationsPowerfulFailingDangerDesignConcernDestructionInstrumentsAccomplishServantQuartersImplicitCarelessnessNegligencePublic ServantsUndoingDupesInattentionScrutinize Author:Daniel Webster
“We will soon be living in an era in which we cannot guarantee survivability of any single point. However, we can still design systems in which system destruction requires the enemy to pay the price of destroying n of n stations. If n is made sufficiently large, it can be shown that highly survivable system structures can be built.” IfsMadeStillsPayEnemyDesignBuiltDestructionStructureErasGuaranteesStationsDestroyingPay The Price Author:Paul Baran
“Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.” LifeInspirationalSometimesSeemsDarkCreativityDesignAngelDestructionArtisticWrestlingTemperamentArt And CreativityArtists And CreativityBattlegroundArtistic CreativityArtistic Temperament Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” FirstsArtDesignCreationDestructionCreation And Destruction Author:Pablo Picasso
“Mr. President, passage of this bill will visit the heel of oppression on all the people, vitiate their constitutional shield against tyranny, and materially hasten the destruction of the best design for self-government yet devised by the minds of men. Its passage will mark one of the darkest days in history” PeopleMenMindSelfGovernmentPresidentDesignDestructionMarkBillsTyrannyCivil RightsOppressionPassagesHeelsShieldsSelf-governmentBest Design Author:Strom Thurmond
“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.” EndsDreamTodayRealizingDesignDestructionProsperityMinistersUrgesPrimeOccupationPrime MinisterOur DreamsAnnihilationCoexistencePeaceful CoexistenceSharonAbba Author:Abdallah II