“But we have not used our waters well. Our major rivers are defiled by noxious debris. Pollutants from cities and industries kill the fish in our streams. Many waterways are covered with oil slicks and contain growths of algae that destroy productive life and make the water unfit for recreation. "Polluted Water-No Swimming" has become a familiar sign on too many beaches and rivers. A lake that has served many generations of men now can be destroyed by man in less than one generation.” MenWellsUsedGrowthWaterCitiesGenerationsIndustryMajorsRiversEnvironmentalFishesOilFamiliarDestroyedBeachStreamsProductiveLakesCoveredSwimmingRecreationSlickDebrisAlgaeProductive Life Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“We have always borne part of the weight of war, and the major part ... Men have made boomerangs, bows, swords, or guns with which to destroy one another; we have made the men who destroyed and were destroyed! ... We pay the first cost on all human life.” MenFirstsHumansMadeWarPayHe ManCostMajorsGunWeightDestroyedHuman LifeBowsBoomerang Author:Olive Schreiner
“The murder of Lumumba, in which the U.S. was involved, in the Congo destroyed Africa's major hope for development. Congo is now total horror story, for years.” YearsStoriesDevelopmentInvolvedHorrorMajorsMurderDestroyedCongoHorror Stories Author:Noam Chomsky
“There's an interesting question, whether the anarchists had alternatives [in Spain]. If they did tend to support the government that had been destroyed, what were the alternatives? There was actually a proposal by Camillo Berneri, an Italian anarchist who was in Spain at the time, which is not a crazy notion in my opinion. He opposed participation in government and was against the formation of an army, meaning a major army to fight [Francisco] Franco.” IfsGovernmentFightingInterestingOpinionSupportCrazyMajorsArmyNotionDestroyedAlternativesItalianParticipationSpainProposalAnarchistFormationFrancoFrancisco Franco Author:Noam Chomsky
“And, unlike the earlier bombing on the World Trade Center, a major landmark and symbol of the strength of the financial world was, not just damaged but, totally destroyed.” WorldMajorsTradeFinancialDestroyedSymbolsBombingScientismLandmarksWorld TradeWorld Trade Center Author:Allen Klein
“'Nobody goes to jail.' This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth - and nobody went to jail.” WorldFactsWealthCompanyMillionsSawsStreetsWallMajorsCrisisDollarsFinancialCriminalsBillionsDestroyedErasJailScandalMantrasObsceneFinancial Crisis Author:Matt Taibbi