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The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter.

You've got to guard against speaking more clearly than you think.

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.

Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity.

Maybe a thing that you do not like is really in your interest. It is possible that a thing that you may desire may be against your interest.

The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.

To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity of an animal can be measured by the intensity of its instinct to revolt.

The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.

The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love.

If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive.

Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.

That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.

It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.

He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.

The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing?

The thing about politicians in Britain is that they are out there, you can lobby them, get close to them, there are loads of ways you can protest against them, and booing is a pretty weak way of doing it.

I have no ill will in my heart against anybody in this world.

I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution.

I contend that it's impossible to read the Sermon on the Mount and not come out against capital punishment.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life.

Because I tried to everything possible to become the best player in the world? Do I believe steroids and growth hormones helped me achieve that? Yes. Were there a lot of other players doing it that I had to compete against? Yes.

I always wanted to play against the best.

We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.

I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.

Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

I'm not against ratings per se. I think more information is always good. But I certainly don't think the government has to step in and set guidelines for how shows should be rated.

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.

It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips.

Shadow is the obstruction of light. Shadows appear to me to be of supreme importance in perspective, because, without them opaque and solid bodies will be ill defined; that which is contained within their outlines and their boundaries themselves will be ill-understood unless they are shown against a background of a different tone from themselves.

I'm against all war.

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating them, and the result was that we ate them more than ever.

I think so many people are reactive... they see things in a short term way they're right up against it.

Bond is part of the system. He's an imperialist and a misogynist, and he laughs at killing people, and he sits there slugging martinis. It'll never be the same thing as this, because Bourne is a guy who is against the establishment, who is paranoid and on the run. I just think fundamentally they're just very different things.

I certainly believe in limited government but protecting children against injury abuse is certainly inside my sphere of things that the government should do.

The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies.

Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

We know we're up against the wall. We know how difficult a challenge it is, being in the minority.

Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

I know that a ridiculous number of classic serials have been commissioned, and that reviews show a reaction against them. The critics seem fed up.

Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where they lack knowledge or information.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

I am against nature. I don't dig nature at all. I think nature is very unnatural. I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay.

What we once used as weapons of war, we now use as weapons against fish.

I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining.

You have to feel confident. If you don't, then you're going to be hesitant and defensive, and there'll be a lot of things working against you.

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and thus pose no threat to those who act against our interests.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can make even the biggest dog uncomfortable and transform even the biggest nation.

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.

I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories? Novel-in-stories? - and I worried that its lack of a clear category would count against it. My hopes for it were pretty modest.

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.