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“There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.”

Character Destruction Prosperity

Book:The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses

Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses

“This whole theory [of John Law and Jean Terrasson], as dear to French financial schemers in the eighteenth century as to American "Greenbackers" in the nineteenth, had resulted, under the Orleans Regency and Louis XV, in ruin to France financially and morally, had culminated in the utter destruction of all prosperity, the rooting out of great numbers of the most important industries, and the grinding down of the working people even to starvation.”

People Important Whole Law Numbers Century Theory Industry Destruction Financial Dear Prosperity Ruins France Starvation

Author:Andrew Dickson White

“Our bridge to the future must include bridges to other nations, because we remain the world's indispensable nation to advance prosperity, peace and freedom and to keep our own children safe from the dangers of terror and weapons of mass destruction.”

World Children Nations Danger Safe Weapons Mass Destruction Terror Prosperity Bridges Indispensable Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995

“It goes without saying that the stability of the Middle East is the foundation for peace and prosperity for the world, and of course for Japan. Should we leave terrorism or weapons of mass destruction to spread in this region, the loss imparted upon the international community would be immeasurable.”

“The Founding Fathers and our fathers are rolling over in their graves as this great country voluntarily abandons its dreams of equal opportunity, achievement and prosperity and sows the seeds of its own destruction.”

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Author:David Limbaugh

“The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.”

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Author:Jeffrey Sachs

“Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.”

Feels Should Fall Destruction Fortune Prosperity Cautious Remorseless

Book:Sophocles

Source: Sophocles

“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.”

Ends Dream Today Realizing Design Destruction Prosperity Ministers Urges Prime Occupation Prime Minister Our Dreams Annihilation Coexistence Peaceful Coexistence Sharon Abba

Author:Abdallah II

“The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time or accident and removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious: and instead of inquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed we should rather be surprised that it has subsisted for so long.”

Source: The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire

“"Our prosperity, our friends, our bondage and even our destruction are all in the end rooted in our tongue," says a famous adage.”

Ends Awareness Destruction Prosperity Tongue Rooted Bondage Adages

Author:Krishnananda Saraswati