#weaken

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. ↗

— Leon Panetta

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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. ↗

— Pete du Pont

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We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

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Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life. ↗

— Voltaire

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The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

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Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me. ↗

— Charles Kettering

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The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#forces #god #going #huge #huge numbers

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them. ↗

— Rick Santorum

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The Republican Party needs to reform or die. President Bush did three things. He destroyed the Republican majority, he crippled the American conservative movement and he weakened the country. ↗

— Joe Scarborough

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