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Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.

~Christopher Dawson

Topics: Absolutely Actively Advance Behind Body Christianity Culture Destruction Exists Hostile Issue Life Modern Modern Life Moreover Necessary Opinion Positive Regards Religion Side Strong Tendency Treat Vague

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Conservatives unwittingly side with the social forces that contribute to the destruction of traditional values.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Conservatives Contribute Destruction Forces Side Social Traditional Traditional Values Values

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You've gotta understand: in July of '44, the Allies were still contained on the peninsula in western France and the destruction of Europe had not really begun. War had not really touched the European continent at that point.

~Christopher Mcquarrie

Topics: Allies Begun Contained Continent Destruction Europe European France Gotta Had July Point Really Still Touched Understand War Were Western You

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One of the great, and largely forgotten, triumphs of American society and government has been how smoothly U.S. farmers and their communities negotiated the creative destruction of the early 20th century and emerged triumphant when it was over.

~Chrystia Freeland

Topics: American American Society Been Century Communities Creative Destruction Early Emerged Farmers Forgotten Government Great How Largely Over Smoothly Society Triumphant Triumphs 20Th Century

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Destruction is always an attractive idea. My brother and I used to spend weeks making models of cities so that we could destroy them in 15 minutes. There's a fantastic joy in destroying something that you've meticulously built. Then you're free to build a new thing. Destruction and creation... they're inseparable.

~Chuck Palahniuk

Topics: Always Attractive Brother Build Built Cities Could Creation Destroy Destroying Destruction Fantastic Free Idea Inseparable Joy Making Minutes Models New New Thing Something Spend Them Then Thing Used Weeks You 15 Minutes

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The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox or the weapons of mass destruction that we have, but the sum total of the education and the character of our people.

~Claiborne Pell

Topics: Character Destruction Education Fort Gold Mass Mass Destruction Our Our People People States Strength Sum Sum Total Total United United States Weapons

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Social Democratic and trade union organs have approved of the illegal invasion of Belgium, of the massacre of suspected guerrillas, as well as their wives and children, as well as the destruction of their homes in various towns and districts.

~Clara Zetkin

Topics: Approved Belgium Children Democratic Destruction Districts Homes Illegal Invasion Massacre Organs Social Suspected Towns Trade Trade Union Union Various Well Wives

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Words will never be enough to quantify and qualify the many magnitudes of human-caused destruction.

~Clemantine Wamariya

Topics: Destruction Enough Many Never Qualify Will Words

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But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

~Condoleezza Rice

Topics: Acquire Caution Destruction He Hussein Incumbent Just Mass Mass Destruction Prove Saddam Saddam Hussein States Trying United United States Want Weapons

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That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.

~Cordell Hull

Topics: Almost Brought Destruction Development Direction Incredible Limitless Means Prospect Rapid Terrifying Truly War

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