#gains

There are always two forces warring against each other within us. ↗

— Paramahansa Yogananda

#always #each #forces #other #two

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. ↗

— John Yoo

#also #asking #geneva #limitations #make

The effort to blur the lines between Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib reflects a deep misunderstanding about the different legal regimes that apply to Iraq and the war against al Qaeda. ↗

— John Yoo

#abu #against #al #apply #between

It has become fashionable to rail against government intervention in the economy, and the FHA is a favorite example by those trying to show the government's overreach. In reality, the FHA shows how government action during the Great Recession forestalled a much worse economic fate. ↗

— Mark Zandi

#against #become #during #economic #economy

A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#african #against #attention #basic #discrimination

I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor - all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#also #constantly #creates #day #effective

When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are 'What are you doing now?' and 'How are you going to beat that?' And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly - that you're in battle against yourself. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#asking #assumption #battle #beat #constantly

Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. ↗

— William Godwin

#artillery #civil #civil liberty #consequence #follows

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#author #even #every #himself #his

I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland. ↗

— Theo Van Gogh

#column #fifth #free #hinder #holland