Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
Statesman, Founder of Republic
"Where there is no freedom, there is death and destruction."
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Destruction
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William Wallace
Political Leader
"Any society which suppresses the heritage of its conquered minorities, prevents their history or denies them their symbols, has sown the seeds of their own destruction."
Aleister Crowley
Occultist, Writer
"Balance every thought with its opposition. Because the marriage of them is the destruction of illusion."
Ali Khamenei
Political Leader
"[There is only one possible solution to unrest in the Middle East], namely the annihilation and destruction of the Zionist state."
Elie Wiesel
Writer, Holocaust Survivor
"A destruction, an annihilation that only man can provoke, only man can prevent."
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"Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing."
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"Did you know destruction of the soul is not the ending to life: Fear not of the Antichrist."
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"In order to understand, I destroyed myself."
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"Ignorance breeds fear. If you don't keep that fear in check, that fear will breed hatred. If you don't keep hatred in check it will breed destruction."
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"Greatness lives on the edge of destruction"
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"Motion is created by the destruction of balance."
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"We live as if we were unaware of our impending destruction"
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"The surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves."
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"When I listen to music, I don't want to hear about flowers. I like death and destruction."
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"Death destroys the body, as the scaffolding is destroyed after the building is up and finished. And he whose building is up rejoices at the destruction of the scaffolding and of the body."
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"A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction."
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"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."
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"What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?"
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"What good is a writer if he can't destroy literature? And us... what good are we if we don't help as much as we can in that destruction?"
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"Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such small beasts."
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"If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned."
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"There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character."
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"Pride goes before destruction."
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"Love is more afraid of change than destruction."
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"Happiness is generous. It does not subsist on destruction."
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