Against Quotes

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.

Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate.

Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

Football? Forget it. I didn't have that thing inside me where I wanted to smash against somebody and watch them break. I was too sensitive for that and disliked being that sensitive.

Our intention is to really explore this transition and, beyond that, explore the particular things that someone comes up against when they're gay or lesbian.

I'm against people reading statements. When you read statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Education, whatever else it should or should not be, must be an inoculation against the poisons of life and an adequate equipment in knowledge and skill for meeting the chances of life.

The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.

People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.

I'm not against screens, or new songs, or innovation. I just don't like the gimmicks. I want to know when worship is over that that leader's sole purpose was to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.

Why can't she move in with you? Is she against that? She's not a Mormon or anything, is she?

There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.

Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.

Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?

They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.

There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.

There ought to be no laws to guarantee property against the folly of its possessors.

Probably I understand very much the people who rise against injustice.

I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.

Interestingly, I never thought I'd do an adaptation. I've also been quite against them. I think trying to translate one medium to another is wrong. I never really felt that books fitted into film. Generally people are disappointed, aren't they?

I never rooted against an opponent, but I never rooted for him either.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.