#gains

There are legitimate, even powerful arguments, to be made against the Bush administration's foreign policy. But those arguments are complicated, hard to explain, and, in the end, not all that sensational. ↗

— Tucker Carlson

#against #bush #complicated #end #even

Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia. ↗

— Jose Carreras

#against #artistic #goal #god #important

I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. ↗

— Ed Case

#amendment #constitutional #constitutional amendment #gay #gay marriage

I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills. ↗

— Emanuel Celler

#against #bills #civil #civil rights #commission

As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#against #city #confuse #decadent #destroying

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#against #always #bear #does #falsehood

Because the idea of zombies seems to make sense, and seems to, in a certain sense, be possible, I think one can use that to argue against the thesis that everything is purely physical. Now many people, I think, agree that the idea of zombies are conceivable, including people who want to be physicalists. ↗

— David Chalmers

#agree #argue #because #certain #conceivable

The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature. ↗

— Daphne Zuniga

#committing #constantly #crimes #does #nature

You never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#argument #need #never #use #violence

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

#civilians #innocent #innocent civilians #killing #terrorism