“The achievements of past struggles and the aspirations of an entire nation are [being] undone and erased.... No Agent Orange or steel pellet bombs, no napalm, no toxic chemicals: a new phase of economic and social (rather than' physical) destruction has unfolded. The seemingly neutral and scientific tools of macro-economic policy constitute a non-violent instrument of recolonization and impoverishment.” PastNationsSocialStruggleEconomicPolicyAchievementToolsDestructionInstrumentsViolentAgentsAspirationBombsChemicalsToxicPhasesSteelOrangeUndoneEconomic PolicyNon ViolentMacroNapalmToxic ChemicalsAgent Orange Author:Michel Chossudovsky
“Guns know no policy except destruction.” KnowsPolicyGunDestruction Book:European spring Source: European spring
“Factions among yourselves; preferring such To offices and honors, as ne'er read The elements of saving policy; But deeply skilled in all the principles That usher to destruction.” PoliticsPrinciplesPolicyHonorOfficeElementsDestructionSavingFactions Author:Philip Massinger
“The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those who have viewed it calmly from a distance. ... It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. What destruction of the beautiful monuments of past ages, what waste of life, what disturbance of domestic and social happiness, what perverted feelings, what blighted hearts, have always marked its baneful progress!” WorldHeartDoneFeelingsAgePastBeautifulEvilSocialExistenceProgressImpossiblePolicyWasteDestructionDistanceSurpriseSelfishTheologyCrueltyHypocrisyIntoleranceMonumentPiousDisturbanceConjunctionsWaste Of Life Author:Lydia M. Child
“All of these riots around the globe are endangering the world. And mobs are always dangerous, destructive things that end society. Liberal policies promote mobs because liberals crawl on the mobs, the destruction wrought by the mobs to attain power. Tere's only one way to react to a mob to save civilized society, and that is to smash the mob. It is not to mollycoddle the mob.” WorldWayEndsDangerousPolicyDestructionOne WayDestructiveCivilizedGlobesRiotCivilized Society Author:Ann Coulter
“People have not made the connection that the more of us there are, the more greenhouse gases go into the atmosphere. The Chinese have. They, unlike us, have a population policy. The right wingers just don't understand that the country they're in is probably the most overpopulated in the world, the one doing most of the destruction, and the one with horrendously bad leadership.” PeopleWorldMadeCountryPolicyConnectionsDestructionPopulationChineseAtmosphereRight WingGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“The foreign policy, you have to know how to pick and choose. There's no way, if Saddam [Hussein] had not had weapons of mass destruction, I would have gone, because I don't believe that the U.S. should be involved directly in civil wars.” IfsKnowsWayShouldBelieveWarKnow HowGonePolicyInvolvedWeaponsMassPicksDestructionDon't BelieveCivil WarForeign PolicySaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:John Kasich
“Change of regime with respect to Iraq had nothing to do with this; it had everything to do with the fact that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. And at the time change in regime as a policy came into effect in 1998, it was seen as the only way to compel Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction.” WayFactsEffectsPolicyWeaponsMassDestructionIraqRegimesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Colin Powell
“It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.” GivingSaidStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesPolicyChangedOfficeGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionBillsClintonCongressRegimesSaddamNot Giving UpHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionPresident Bill Clinton Author:Colin Powell
“It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of mass destruction. He continues to give us statements that suggest he is not in possession of weapons of mass destruction when we know he is.” KnowsWayGivingShouldCommunityActingPolicyComfortGiving UpWeaponsMassDestructionRemainsInternationalPossessionStatementsRegimesSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionInternational CommunityCooperatingRegime Change Author:Colin Powell
“If Bush, as I believe, has reliable information on the fact that Saddam Hussein is making weapons of mass destruction, I cannot not support the policies of his government.” IfsBelieveFactsGovernmentI BelieveSupportInformationPolicyWeaponsMassDestructionSaddamHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Steven Spielberg
“It is one of the saddest spectacles of our time to see a great democratic movement support a policy which must lead to the destruction of democracy and which meanwhile can benefit only a minority of the masses who support it. Yet it is this support from the Left of the tendencies toward monopoly which make them so irresistible and the prospects of the future so dark.” LeftDarkSupportDemocracyPolicyMovementBenefitsMassDestructionDemocraticTendenciesOur TimeMinoritiesMonopolyIrresistibleSaddestProspectsSpectacles Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.” MeanUseLawEffortPrinciplesEnvironmentPolicyProgramDestructionInstitutionsClimate ChangeHaltEugenicsAdoptingEnviromentalEmbarkingEnvironmental PolicyEnviromentEnvironmental Destruction Author:Al Gore
“Regime change has been an American policy under the Clinton administration, and it is the current policy. I support the policy. But regime change in and of itself is not sufficient justification for going to war--particularly unilaterally--unless regime change is the only way to disarm Iraq of the weapons of mass destruction pursuant to the United Nations resolution.” WayHas BeensWarNationsUnitedSupportPolicyWeaponsMassDestructionClintonIraqCurrentsAdministrationSufficientResolutionRegimesJustificationUnited NationsWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionGoing To WarRegime Change Author:John F. Kerry
“Ladies and gentlemen, the economic disaster, the tailspin, the destruction of the greatest economic engine in the history of the world, these policies of Barack Obama's, which have led us to this point, are precisely why I fearlessly said and still say, I hope he fails.” WorldSaidStillsFailingEconomicPolicyDestructionDisasterBarackGentlemanEnginesWorld HistoryLadies And Gentlemen Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.” IfsPoliticsResultsPolicyDestructionInnocenceMassiveForeign Policy Author:Ward Churchill
“The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldnt bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.” StillsGreaterPolicyDestructionKillingUpsetCivilians Author:Neil Sheehan
“We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.” LongCountryUseTermPolicyResourcesDestructionPursuePreservesLong TermHeritageShort Term Author:Bruce Babbitt
“Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify their actions and further spread fear. And when we react out of fear, when we change our policy to make our country less open, the terrorists succeed -- even if their attacks fail. But when we refuse to be terrorized, when we're indomitable in the face of terror, the terrorists fail -- even if their attacks succeed.” PeopleIfsMindCountryUseActionFacesFailingMediaCrimePolicySucceedDestructionPropertyTerrorRefuseSpreadTerrorismTerroristOur CountryFearfulIndomitable Author:Bruce Schneier
“Extensive violations of human rights (torture, forced reduction of living standards for much of the population, police-sponsored death squads, destruction of representative institutions or of independent unions, etc.) are directly correlated with US government support. The linkage is not accidental; rather it is systematic. The reason is obvious enough. Client fascism often improves the business climate for American corporations, quite generally the guiding factor in foreign policy.” HumansReasonEnoughGovernmentSupportRightsPolicyStandardsDestructionPoliceIndependentInstitutionsUnionsClimateHuman RightsPopulationObviousFactorsCorporationsTortureEtcFascismForeign PolicyRepresentativesClientsViolationReductionSystematicSquadLinkagesViolation Of Human Rights Author:Noam Chomsky
“For the last eight years, American policy toward Iraq has been based on the direct threat Saddam poses to international security. That threat is clear. Saddam's history of aggression leaves little doubt that he would resume his drive for regional domination and his quest for weapons of mass destruction if he had the chance.” IfsYearsLittlesHas BeensLastsChanceClearDoubtSecurityPolicyWeaponsMassDirectDestructionThreatInternationalIraqEightQuestsAggressionNational SecuritySaddamDominationWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionResumes Author:Sandy Berger
“Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China.” WorldShouldMadeWarBeliefNationsPeaceEffortHonestPolicyPeriodsDestructionChinaJapan Author:Hideki Tojo