#withstand

Tax rates for the wealthy should revert to Clinton-era levels, both because it is necessary for long-term deficit reduction and because fairness dictates it. Moreover, there is no proof that higher marginal rates dissuade investment, all the rhetoric from the Right notwithstanding. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#both #deficit #deficit reduction #dictates #fairness

As a reward of their clean living and good habits these great stars have been able to withstand the rigorous test of stamina and physical exertion and have thus successfully extended their most remarkable careers over a period of many strenuous years. ↗

— Major Taylor

#been #careers #clean #clean living #exertion

The submission of her body without love or desire is degrading to the woman's finer sensibility, all the marriage certificates on earth to the contrary notwithstanding. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

#certificates #contrary #degrading #desire #earth

Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic. ↗

— Martha Beck

#another #basically #genetic #looks #notwithstanding

You can't buy time or save it, common idioms notwithstanding. You can only spend it. ↗

— Eric Zorn

#common #idioms #notwithstanding #only #save

Well, our statute provides us with authority to conduct a very broad inquiry basically to provide an investigation of 9/11 that's thorough, complete and will withstand the scrutiny of history. ↗

— Richard Ben-Veniste

#basically #broad #complete #conduct #history

As often happens during a war, some parts of the country prospered, notwithstanding the constant loss. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

#country #during #happens #loss #notwithstanding

In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. ↗

— Jose Ramos-Horta

#aggression #been #biological #biological weapons #case

Shelley is truth itself and honour itself notwithstanding his out-of-the-way notions about religion. ↗

— George Byron

#his #honour #itself #notions #notwithstanding

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many. ↗

— Adam Ferguson

#commercial #depress #equal #equal rights #every