The phrase
"to destroy the nation" means to cause severe harm or damage to a country, typically leading to its collapse or downfall.
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He added: «That [homosexuality] destroys nations, apart from it being a filthy, filthy disease,» he said.
And we see this theme crop up again in Esther where an individual sets out to
destroy the nation of Israel.
A world state with comprehensive powers would weaken or
altogether destroy the nations and would raise the threat of a world tyranny more absolute and destructive of liberty than any of the imperial tyrannies of history.
Gay marriage and abortion will
not destroy our nation, but spending all our time making those things the main topic will.
Mr Koky Anyidoho was optimistic that in the face of fairness and good judgment, he will also be given a Judge to quickly look into the issue as he put it «about Bawumia's attempt to burn and
destroy this nation through criminal act by providing a fake document to mislead a public officer» in this case the Electoral Commission.
As far as the corporate education reformers are concerned, the end justifies the means and if the cost of getting what you want
requires destroying our nation's age - old commitment to local control of education, so be it.
«An endgame is now underway in the renewable energy scam that has been responsible
for destroying the nation's electricity industry as a low - cost, efficient and self - managing sector... countering the debilitating effect of the self - imposed cancer is beyond the end of the beginning it has a long way to go before we have anything like the market we once had.»
In his new book «When
money destroys nations» Haslam interviewed ordinary Zimbabwean citizens to find out how these people survived these turbulent circumstances.
Speaking on the renewed vandalism of pipelines in the Niger Delta, DHQ said, «These attacks were carried out by some criminal elements who are bent
on destroying the nation's strategic assets which will no longer be tolerated.
Throttling American energy generating sources in the United States will
destroy our nation as we know it, something our worst enemies could only dream of.
This puts central banks in a position where they will have attempt to control interest rates not by discounting lending, but by buying debt from the government directly, so that markets don't price the new issuance at a level that would
destroy the nation's ability to service a debt load that is growing larger all the time.
@JOHN — «Cultural humanism» (if I understand your conflation) is not «
destroying our nation», it is the foundation of our nation.
This cultural humanism is a poison, which is
destroying our nation.
They come into this country, want all of these changes made to suit them, taking away our rights of FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF SELF EXPRESSION, the political correct are
destroying this nation.
If we view God primarily as Jesus suffering on the cross saying «Father forgive them», we have to reconcile that with the God of the Old Testament that
destroys nations and kills babies.
In the chapter, there are also several references to being protected by God and being placed at his side to
destroy the nations.
The Obama Administration has
destroyed this Nation.
As a target because some religious madmen have decided to take issue with some otherwise innocuous cartoons I can say only one thing: if you truly want to
destroy your nation, let the nutjobs have their way.
Why not just have a two minute «silent invocation» where everyone can just say their own prayer in their head or not... why do Christians want to
destroy this nation?
It's not judging, it's called seeing the lies that are
destroying our nation and families and children and not being afraid to stand for the TRUE GOD AND JESUS CHRIST and not turning my head like all the others while people suffer and die and the name of my Lord and Savior is profaned!
Obama is doing more to
destroy our nation than terrorists ever could, and he is doing FASTER than anyone dreamed possible
They would have
destroyed this nation and we would have become United States of North Korea
Long ago I heard a professor in the Harvard Divinity School, the learned George Foot Moore, remark, «It is civilization that
destroys nations.
«He is widely respected across the entire state, from Buffalo to Long Island and I can't think of a better friend or champion of effective and efficient government to have in my corner as I seek to reverse the Obama - Gillibrand policies that are
destroying our nation's future.»
«So just to be clear, no - one did more to
destroy our nation's homes since the Luftwaffe bombs of World War II.»
Ologbondiyan said Buhari's administration had
destroyed the nation's democratic order and eroded constitutionally - guaranteed rights of citizens, while foisting a siege mentality on the people.
YOU and people like you have
DESTROYED the nation the nation of Lincoln (and Jefferson, for that matter.)
Corruption, writ large, is as much of an enemy, because
it destroys nation states, as some of the extremists we are fighting or the other challenges we face.
Jega must go before
he destroys this nation.
The Defence Chief, who spoke in Abuja when a coalition of civil society group paid solidarity visit on Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said criticism of the military by Boko Haram sympathizers under war situation was meant to weaken operations and give the enemies an edge over troops in order to
destroy the nation.
Any despot may crush a resistance or
destroy a nation.
Here are the bombed - out remains of the Bosnian National Library, a symbol of the way in which ethnic conflict can
destroy a nation's cultural heritage.
The crusade grew more intense in the late 1980s, when states began upping their graduation requirements after warnings that a «rising tide of mediocrity» in America's schools threatened to
destroy the nation's economy.
It tears apart communities, poisons water supplies, pollutes the air and
destroys our nation's natural heritage — while only making the climate crisis worse.
Citrus greening, an incurable citrus crop disease threatens to
destroy the nation's citrus crop if it's allowed to spread.