#against

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. ↗

— William Bligh

#any #attempt #cape #considerable #considerably

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

— John Foster Dulles

#basic #citizens #government #most #protect

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it. ↗

— Alexandre Dumas

#arms #bear #being #certain #convinced

That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but nobody really expected me to do well on clay - it was my worst surface. I had had some success on the clay but I was a set and a break up in the semi-final against Jausovec and maybe the enormity of the occasion got to me. ↗

— Jo Durie

#been #big #big break #break #break up

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#anesthetic #desperate #interesting #interesting thing #loneliness

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#am #decay #dig #dreams #i

There is a ceaseless war against drunkenness and cruelty and vice. ↗

— Anthony Blunt

#ceaseless #cruelty #drunkenness #vice #war

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation. ↗

— Marian Wright Edelman

#biggest #biting #committed #dog #enough

The aggressive, unprovoked acts of violence against Israel by Hezbollah and Hamas are revealing. It is clear they don't want peace, but rather seek the ultimate destruction of Israel. ↗

— John Boehner

#against #aggressive #clear #destruction #hamas

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. ↗

— George Eliot

#any #feeling #general #little #much