# Quote — Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis

> You know what anarchists have always believed....The urge to destroy is a creative urge...This is also the hallmark of capitalist thought. Enforced destruction. Old industries have to be harshly eliminated. New markets have to be forcibly claimed. Old markets have to be re-exploited. Destroy the past, make the future.

- Author: [Don DeLillo](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo.md)
- Book: [Cosmopolis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/cosmopolis.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/don-delillo/cosmopolis/you-know-what

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