#against

The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#advance #against #albeit #brought #classical

The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation. ↗

— Lord Halifax

#best #conspiracy #kind #nation #party

How man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood... he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against. ↗

— Edward T. Hall

#completely #diversity #evolved #fantastic #himself

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor. ↗

— Peter Welch

#casting #congress #debt #debt limit #favor

Swipe fees have increased steadily since the introduction of debit cards 20 years ago, when there were no swipe fees at all. Merchants can't negotiate or control them. They've tried, but they have no leverage against the big banks and issuers. So they get ignored. ↗

— Peter Welch

#ago #banks #big #cards #control

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them. ↗

— Orson Welles

#careful #feel #i #i feel #lose

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#directed #life #mechanism #offensive #repetitious

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? ↗

— Walt Whitman

#against #aside #disputed #great #learned

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. ↗

— Venus Williams

#focus #goals #i #ignore #rest