What the Founding Fathers created in the Constitution is the most magnificent government on the face of the Earth and the reason is this: because it was intended to preserve the American society and the American spirit not to transform it or destroy it.

You know that big government doesn't hurt big corporations. They've got the best lawyers and accountants in the world. You know who gets destroyed by big government? It's the little guys.

No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power but character health knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.

Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self-esteem. They're no good at all.

All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough you can see the stars.

If you hug to yourself any resentment against anybody else you destroy the bridge by which God would come to you.

Those whom God wishes to destroy he first makes mad.

When God desires to destroy a thing he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide.

We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion we are going to destroy this nation.

If Germany thanks to Hitler and his successors were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

For the first time in the history of mankind one generation literally has the power to destroy the past the present and the future the power to bring time to an end.

I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.

Those who insist on having hostilities with us kill and destroy the option of friendship with us in the future which is unfortunate because it is clear the future belongs to Iran and that enmities will be fruitless.

Friendship like love is destroyed by long absence though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?