“The pitchforks and torches can tear down and burn up but they can't build up the institutions and communities so necessary to a stable and prosperous country”

— Bob Inglis

Source: "Bob Inglis: How I changed my mind about climate change" https://www.npr.org/2021/12/03/1061214253/bob-inglis-how-i-changed-my-mind-about-climate-change, NPR (December 3, 2021)

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Former U.S. congressman 1959

Sean Covey (1964) author; business executive

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“Jack Layton believed so much in the power of democracy and of this Parliament. I invite all honourable members in this House to join me in picking up this torch and making this an institution in which Canadians can be proud”

Nycole Turmel (1942) Canadian politician

“… the kind of love that can burn down the world or raise it up in glory…”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.
Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.”

Kabir (1440–1518) Indian mystic poet

The Bijak of Kabir (1983;2002) as translated by Linda Hess and Shukdeo Singh.
Bijak

“Animal growth can be considered as a result of a counteraction of synthesis and destruction, of the anabolism and catabolism of the building materials of the body. There will be growth so long as building up prevails over breaking down.”

Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972) austrian biologist and philosopher

Von Bertalanffy (1949) "Problems of Organic Growth". In: Nature, Vol. 163. p. 156
1940s

“I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.”

Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician

Afterword to "Alma"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)
Context: Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can't communicate, children who can't communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can't communicate. I feel that if a person can't communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.

“Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.”

Brigham Young (1801–1877) Latter Day Saint movement leader

The Life Story of Brigham Young, p. 149-150
Attributed

“The stakes couldn’t be higher. The burning of the Amazon places the planet on red alert. Bolsonaro is encouraging this torching of the forest to appease his agricultural paymasters so they can use the land for beef cattle and soya. He is guilty of ecocide and politicians across the globe must stand up to this environmental criminal.”

Molly Scott Cato (1963) British economist and Member of the European Parliament

Quoted in the Morning Star. Green MEP accuses Brazil's Bolsonaro of ‘ecocide’ while Amazon rainforest burns https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/green-mep-accuses-brazils-bolsonaro-of-ecocide-while-amazon-rainforest-burns (22 August 2019)
2019

“They are going up and down the country, stirring up apathy.”

William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918–1999) British Conservative politician, former Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Lords

On Labour's 1970 election campaign, quoted in his obituaries in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/02/guardianobituaries.obituaries, and Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-viscount-whitelaw-1103681.html
Chief Opposition Whip 1964-70

“With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific capacities by devising policies to link up to research networks, encourage technology transfer, and build indigenous capabilities through education and collaborative projects.”

Talal Abu-Ghazaleh (1938) Jordanian businesspeople

May 23, 2005, at the Eighth Session of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Palais de Nations, Geneva, Switzerland.

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