Against Quotes

For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent.

It is a maxim among these lawyers, that whatever hath been done before, may legally be done again: and therefore they take special care to record all the decisions formerly made against common justice and the general reason of mankind.

Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public against the war in Vietnam.

This is another major feature of thought: Thought doesn't know it is doing something and then it struggles against it is doing. It doesn't want to know that it is doing it.

I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.

We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to cross-Strait peaceful and stable dialogue and negotiations.

There are professional negotiators working for the writers and the actors, but basically you've got the writers and actors negotiating against businessmen. That's why you get rhetoric.

Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.

I've stood my ground in life, alone, even against overwhelming forces with the might and money to crush me.

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.

I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

The force of the blow depends on the resistance. It is sometimes better not to struggle against temptation. Either fly or yield at once.

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

They have accorded me my constitutional rights, and that is to their credit because the media hate campaign against me has been so intense and so vicious that it's a miracle that the police have taken such a professional approach.

Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality.

I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators.

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another.

Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.