#gains

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's Christian roots was the driving force. ↗

— Rocco Buttiglione

#against #christian #communism #driving #driving force

It's great to be able to connect parents with children both emotionally and through humor. I look forward to exploring family entertainment once again and examining the specifics of our day-to-day lives against the backdrop of an extraordinary adventure. ↗

— Jon Favreau

#adventure #again #against #backdrop #both

The first organised opposition by women to women's suffrage in England dates from 1889, when a number of ladies led by Mrs Ward appealed against the proposed extension of the Parliamentary suffrage to women. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#appealed #dates #england #extension #first

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait. ↗

— Douglas Feith

#aggressions #already #dangerous #had #hussein

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#against #also #boils #brought #character

The thing about politicians in Britain is that they are out there, you can lobby them, get close to them, there are loads of ways you can protest against them, and booing is a pretty weak way of doing it. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

#against #booing #britain #close #doing

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. ↗

— Albert Camus

#another #consists #despairing #grandeur #hoping

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again. ↗

— Liz Carpenter

#against #anybody #era #into #never

I used to think Cape Wind was a great idea. That was when Ted Kennedy was alive and railing about how he might spill his Chivas if he had to keep maneuvering the Mya around all those noisy seagull-murdering wind turbines. Anything Ted Kennedy was against, I was for. ↗

— Howie Carr

#against #alive #anything #around #cape

I'm totally not against plastic surgery. I've tried Botox before. That's the only thing that I've done. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#before #botox #done #i #only