#weakening

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

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I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more. ↗

— William Collins

#easily #him #humor #i #i can

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

— Zebulon Pike

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

— Bianca Jagger

#embargo #imposed #maintained #nicaragua #power

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ↗

— Jim Jeffords

#came #day #environmental #father #gut