#resistance

Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#been #besides #boarding #boarding school #both

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#always #certain #government #i #i wish

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance. ↗

— Moshe Sharett

#degree #hardship #high #high degree #need

Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#dr #gandhi #king #non-violence #passive

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#argued #claim #claims #difficulty #does

We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction. ↗

— Michael McCaul

#also #avert #change #continue #destruction

His dark hair was thick and looked so soft I had to resist the urge to touch it. Looking into his dark eyes was like falling into the stars, making me feel weightless and disoriented. ↗

— Gwen Hayes

#resistance

Where there is power, there is resistance. ↗

— Michel Foucault

#leftism #power #resistance #resistance

No matter how close, you are always too far. My eyes are drawn everywhere you are... ↗

— Cora Carmack

#song-lyrics #resistance

He drew in a shaky breath. "How can you ask me to let you die?" he choked, still keeping the blade at the prince's throat. A thread of blood formed under the knife, and ran down to Ash's collar. "I'd do anything for you, Meghan. Just...not that. Not that." Gently, I reached up and closed my fingers around the knife hilt, easing it down and away from Ash's neck. Puck resisted for a moment, then stepped back with a sob. The dagger fell from his grip and clanged to the floor. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#resistance