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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. ↗

— Thomas J. Watson

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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. ↗

— Simone Weil

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With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Even though worker capacity and motivation are destroyed when leaders choose power over productivity, it appears that bosses would rather be in control than have the organization work well. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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We do as much harm holding onto programs and people past their natural life span as we do when we employ massive organizational air strikes. However, destroying comes at the end of life's cycle, not as a first response. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence of mine either out of its context or in juxtaposition to some incongruous matter which quite distorted my meaning, or destroyed it altogether. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. ↗

— Walt Whitman

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