#gains

Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#arab #every #least #nation #thirds

How it is that within 60 days of a general election issue, groups can no longer tell voters that a Member of Congress votes pro-abortion, against guns, against the environment or whatever else is beyond me. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#beyond #congress #days #election #else

If you go to a building to skate, or if you go to these places to skate, you're told it's against the law in some cities. It's definitely a bummer. It's unfortunate. ↗

— Shaun White

#building #bummer #cities #definitely #go

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you? ↗

— Walt Whitman

#against #aside #disputed #great #learned

There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it. ↗

— Esther Williams

#drinking #hughes #ignored #lunch #men

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest. ↗

— Venus Williams

#focus #goals #i #ignore #rest

The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#apparent #defense #democracy #failures #forces

Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books - especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. ↗

— John Wooden

#against #art #be true #bible #blessings

I think there is a rage against women. I've come to see that now although at the time I did not notice it. I was preoccupied with my teaching and my writing. ↗

— Marguerite Young

#although #come #did #i #i think

This thing called Patriot Act, through which we abdicated a lot of our civil rights to defend the country against terrorism, it's a four-year story. ↗

— Neil Young

#against #called #civil #civil rights #country