#against

So many things happen for every event, and if you try to manipulate it, it means you are struggling against the whole universe, and that's just silly. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#event #every #happen #just #manipulate

Prior to passage of Obamacare, Americans spoke out against the individual mandate; they didn't want to change the health care they had; they didn't want a 3,000-page bill that empowered 15 Washington bureaucrats to decide the future of the doctor-patient relationship. ↗

— Fred Upton

#bill #bureaucrats #care #change #decide

As a revelation from God, they have stood the test of many ages; and as such maintained their ground against every species of enemy, and every mode of attack. Truth is mighty, and must prevail. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#ages #attack #enemy #every #god

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget? ↗

— Winston Churchill

#been #cease #forget #kind #lesson

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#air #aircraft #attack #defense #departure

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#being #defends #itself #length #read

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#being #defends #document #length #read

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

#appeal #human #judges #laws #mercy

I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#bastards #beat #ditch #fight #had

The way those clubs shift against Ted Williams, I can't understand how he can be so stupid not to accept the challenge to him and hit to left field. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#against #challenge #clubs #field #him