I personally believe we were put here to build and not to destroy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
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.
When we build, let us think that we build for ever.
For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, 'you don't build that.'
Humans have both the urge to create and destroy.
This is the America we know because we built it.
Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives.
Whatever good things we build end up building us.
Only those who are built up can build others up, amen?
Destruction is always an attractive idea. My brother and I used to spend weeks making models of cities so that we could destroy them in 15 minutes. There's a fantastic joy in destroying something that you've meticulously built. Then you're free to build a new thing. Destruction and creation... they're inseparable.