#against

It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. ↗

— James Madison

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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. ↗

— James Madison

#best #crafty #dangerous #encroachments #every

There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another. ↗

— Edouard Manet

#another #areas #colour #lines #nature

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#civilians #concrete #harm #identify #independent

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#bureaucracy #corruption #especially #fight #must

If the constitutional treaty is rejected it will be back to square one, just at a time when we want Europe to be a more effective force for good in the world, when we need to buttress ourselves against the pressures and insecurities of globalization. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#back #constitutional #effective #europe #force

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#bear #bids #directly #fit #honor

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress. ↗

— Sophie Marceau

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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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