#contra

I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and the privacy of all individuals, not the secrecy of government. We don't need a national ID card. ↗

— Ron Paul

#absolutely #am #card #contradiction #free

I think women think a lot about cycles, biological and personal. This year another cycle came around: my contract was up. It seemed an opportunity to take a life audit. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#another #around #audit #biological #came

Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future. ↗

— Gary Ross

#change #complexity #contradiction #each #else

Contrary to what many writers imply about the process, nobody forces a writer to sell his work to the film industry. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#contrary #film #film industry #forces #his

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. ↗

— John Petit-Senn

#courage #higher #kite #like #raises

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#i #i think #negative #oldest #theory

Newt has two transitions behind him. First he had to capture control of the House. He had to get the Republican budget through. He had to get the Contract With America through. He has done that. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#behind #budget #capture #contract #control

Woman's at best a contradiction still. ↗

— Alexander Pope

#contradiction #still #woman

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#communist #contract #escape #expand #government

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#confidence #contradictory #humility #preacher #qualities