Quotes with against

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  • Camille Paglia When feminism and gay activism set themselves against organized religion, they have the obligation to put something better in its place.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Boris Spassky When I played Bobby Fischer, my opponent fought against organizations - the television producers and the match organizers. But he never fought against me personally. I lost to Bobby before the match because he was already stronger than I. He won normally.
    Boris Spassky
    Russian chess grandmaster (1937 - )
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  • Caroline Lawrence When someone talks about Western films, you probably think of those old black and white cowboy films your granddad likes. But the Western is a wonderful genre because it is usually a story of a lone hero fighting against corruption in a dangerous world.
    Caroline Lawrence
    English American author (1954 - )
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  • Grantland Rice When the great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks not that you won or lost, but how you played the game.
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  • Al Franken When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
    Al Franken
    American comedian, politician and author (1951 - )
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  • Abraham Kuyper When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
    Abraham Kuyper
    Dutch politician and theologian (1837 - 1920)
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  • Bell Hooks When we choose to love, we choose to move against fear, against alienation and separation. The choice to love is a choice to connect, to find ourselves in the other.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Henry Fielding When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Alan Dershowitz When you discriminate against anyone, you discriminate against everyone. It's a display of terrible intolerance.
    Alan Dershowitz
    American lawyer and author (1938 - )
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  • Harriet Beecher Stowe When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    American Novelist (1811 - 1896)
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  • Bill Bradley When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
    Bill Bradley
    American former professional basketball player and politician (1943 - )
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  • Russell Hoban When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?
    Russell Hoban
    American writer (1925 - 2011)
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  • Harry S. Truman Whenever a fellow tells me he is bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Berry Gordy Whenever I came up against presidents of other companies, I was always smarter, because I was from the streets.
    Berry Gordy
    American record executive, record and film producer and songwriter (1929 - )
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  • Campbell Brown Whenever someone says to me, 'Are you for or against Common Core,' the first question I ask is, 'What do you think Common Core is?' You will get a different answer from every single person. You will literally get a different answer.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Lewis S. Feuer Wherever a set of alternative possible routes toward achieving a given end presents itself, a student movement will tend to choose the one which involves a higher measure of violence or humiliation directed against the older generation.
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  • Ann Coulter Whether they are defending the Soviet Union or bleating for Saddam Hussein, liberals are always against America. They are either traitors or idiots, and on the matter of America's self-preservation, the difference is irrelevant.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Whoever seeks to set one race against another seeks to enslave all races.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Bill Hicks Why is pot against the law? It wouldn't be because anyone can grow it, and therefore you can't make a profit off it, would it?
    Chicago 91
    Bill Hicks
    American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist and musician (1961 - 1994)
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