#against

The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. ↗

— Will Durant

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I always said God was against art and I still believe it. ↗

— Edward Elgar

#always #art #believe #god #i

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. ↗

— Epicurus

#another #evil #forever #god #listened

I venture to allude to the impression which seemed generally to prevail among their brethren across the seas, that the Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her colonial trade against foreign competitors. ↗

— King George V

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Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work. ↗

— John Garamendi

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Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind. ↗

— Frank Harris

#go #kites #like #made #opposition

I'm not against half naked girls - not as often as I'd like to be. ↗

— Benny Hill

#half #i #like #naked #often

The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb. ↗

— Benny Hill

#being #bomb #bombs #cut #fly

Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. ↗

— Molly Ivins

#powerful #powerless #satire #traditionally #weapon

'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further. ↗

— Emmett Kelly

#boat #cards #content #further #given