I could see the unimaginable destruction, and then I saw those comforting hands.

Humanitarian suffering and destruction could well exceed that of the 1998 offensive.

In round numbers, the destruction of the Libyan chemical weapons capabilities is going to be $100m.

If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun.

We regret that there were those whose sole purpose was destruction, which coloured the currents outside these buildings.

This is how it has always been with me. Give me something good, I’ll destroy it. Love me, I’ll destroy you. I have never felt deserving of anything in my life.