Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.
We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.
It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.
Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.
You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.
In man - in the history of mankind, this has happened many times, and occupation leaders hang on to the land that they're occupying. People fight to liberate their land. But in the end, the people's will is what achieves victory.
This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
Cities are made for enemies to destroy.