#obstruct

An attempt is already underway to revise history - to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in. ↗

— John J. Sirica

#after #already #attempt #doubt #former

Yet the evil still increased, and, like the parasite of barnacles on a ship, if it did not destroy the structure, it obstructed its fair, comfortable progress in the path of life. ↗

— William Banting

#comfortable #destroy #did #evil #fair

Obstruction of Congress in our work is a crime. ↗

— Jason Chaffetz

#crime #obstruction #our #work

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received. ↗

— John le Carre

#always #cleanly #communicate #concern #directly

Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. ↗

— James Mill

#exhortations #government #obstruct #operations #resist

During this period, Japan's peaceful commercial relations were successively obstructed, primarily by the American rupture of commercial relations, and this was a grave threat to the survival of Japan. ↗

— Hideki Tojo

#commercial #during #grave #grave threat #japan

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for. ↗

— Kate Adie

#being #being used #first #freedom #gulf

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. ↗

— Tim Kaine

#obstruction #over #pay #people #political

Obama is not only obstructing budget reform; it's almost as if he is trying to make matters worse. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#budget #make #matters #obama #obstructing

The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit. ↗

— James F. Byrnes

#allied #been #carrying #control #council