#hostile

In Italy, on the breaking up of the Roman Empire, society might be said to be resolved into its original elements, - into hostile atoms, whose only movement was that of mutual repulsion. ↗

— Edward Everett

#breaking #breaking up #elements #empire #hostile

Yeah, I have been because, generally speaking, to we Biblical literalists, the media is very hostile. ↗

— Tim LaHaye

#been #generally #hostile #i #media

In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#city #country #darkness #familiar #friendly

It's what the Iraqi people are going through right now. They have encountered a victorious, hostile force-but, you know, there they still are. There their culture is, there their history is, they're not going anywhere. ↗

— Michael Nesmith

#culture #encountered #going #history #hostile

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bureaucrats #congressmen #definition #engineering #federal

She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public. ↗

— Morris Dees

#american public #being #carried #changing #continuing

Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#began #challenges #create #environment #extremely

The web has introduced a competitive, and some might argue hostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensive journalism. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#competitive #hostile #in-depth #introduced #journalism

The stratosphere is a hostile place. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#place #stratosphere

For as long as this nation has known war, we have embraced the heroes it has produced. Americans have rightfully noted the honor and nobility of courage under hostile fire and thanked those who perished in their defense. ↗

— James T. Walsh

#defense #embraced #fire #heroes #honor