To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Winston Churchill

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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.

Men fight wars and destroy everything around them. The earth should open and swallow them up. He who does not value life does not deserve it. Never destroy another life through rage, or through malice.

Leonardo da Vinci

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It has always been easy to hate and destroy. To build and to cherish is much more difficult.

Queen Elizabeth II

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We can destroy only as creators.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Science and technology have freed humanity from many burdens and given us this new perspective and great power. This power can be used for the good of all. If wisdom governs our actions; but if the world is mad or foolish, it can destroy itself just when great advances and triumphs are almost without its grasp.