Ruins Quotes

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

Complaining not only ruins everybody else's day, it ruins the complainer's day, too. The more we complain, the more unhappy we get.

Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of the old empires / i.

Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.

Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.

What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty. Whenever governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.

A man is a god in ruins.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.

We moralize among ruins.

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

It is we the workers who built these palaces and cities here in Spain and in America and everywhere. We, the workers, can build others to take their place. And better ones! We are not in the least afraid of ruins.

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism.

It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins.