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I must rebel against the idea that millions of Indians, who were Hindus, the other day, changed their nationality on adopting Islam as their religion. — Mahatma Gandhi

Once one's up against it, the precise manner of one's death has obviously small importance. — Albert Camus

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against
The want of you;
Of squeezing it into little inkdrops,
And posting it. — Amy Lowell

People tended to avoid the humiliation of failure by joining the obviously winning side even against their own opinions. — Isaac Asimov

Rock is always about rebelling against the parents. — D'arcy Wretzky

The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it. — Fulton J. Sheen

The world does not need a war against 'terrorism', it needs a culture of peace based on human rights for all. — Irene Khan

The world isn't that black-and-white, is it? It doesn't all boil down to with or against. Some of us just want to stay alive. — Victoria Schwab

In 2003, I warned of a 'creeping coup' in Russia against the forces of democracy and market capitalism in Russia. — John McCain

Like sisters throughout time, whatever battles raged between them, it was always, always, all four of them against the rest of the world. — Elizabeth Noble

The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. — Edmund Burke

When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate. — Robert Crumb

The way she felt almost delicate when she was pressed up against him like this. Almost fragile. Almost safe. Almost like a princess. — Marissa Meyer

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

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression. — Lal Bahadur Shastri

I made no more protests. What was the use of struggling against fate — Robert Graves

If the course of human affairs be considered, it will be seen that many things arise against which heaven does not allow us to guard. — Niccolo Machiavelli

They can't strike against smugglers! We're not the government. We are a criminal private-enterprise operation! — Bruce Sterling

We see that there are two worms that eat the fabric of the Church, weakening Her. Rivalry and vainglory go against this harmony, this agreement. — Pope Francis

It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences. — E.W. Jackson

It is the highest of earthly honors to be descended from the great and good. They alone cry out against a noble ancestry who have none of their own. — Ben Jonson

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln

I'm playing against great players, playing against the best in the world. The competition-that's what I've always wanted. — Kobe Bryant

Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs. — Oliver Kahn

If people never learned the truth about him, then they couldn't turn around and use it against him. The lie was a way of buying protection. — Paul Auster

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. — Arnold Palmer

I'll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason. — Alastair Reynolds

Rebelling against the status quo was one of the definitions of conservatism. — Rick Perlstein

He will strike the blow, but will be on his guard against being vain or boastful or arrogant in consequence of it. — Lao-Tzu

{21:2} "Question the Lord on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, is fighting against us. — The Biblescript

The hatred Muslim extremists feel against the West feeds on certain conflicts in the world. — Otto Schily

Who am I to blow against the wind? — Paul Simon

Terrorism is like jujitsu: The small players win if they make the large player use his strength against himself. — Joseph Nye

The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

My way is to develop the hidden potentialities of man; a way that is against Nature and against God. — G.I. Gurdjieff

The best defense against partisanship is expertise. — Roger Angell

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything ... — Ann Beattie

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it. — Ryan White

A considerable number of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious neurotic phenomena only through intense work. — Karl Abraham

All I've got against golf is it takes you so far from the clubhouse. — Eric Linklater

He swam against the hard current of the class bores - there were three - who could relate every incident in the book to something in their own lives. — Carol Anshaw

The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god. — J. L. Mackie

Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat. — Samuel Schmid

The laws of God work in the same way as the laws of Science. You cannot break them - you can only break yourself against them. — Maude Royden

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating. — Marie Stopes

The Baltimore boys only defend themselves when playing against teams that treat us mean, especially that bunch from Cincinnati. — Joe Kelley

Our struggle against violence and cruelty is only treating the symptoms of a disease, not curing it. You are the cure. — Veronica Roth

Nothing is true in self-discovery unless it is true in your own experience. This is the only protection against the robot levels of the mind. — Barry Long

I wonder what kind of sound it would make if I were to smash this glass against the side of his head. — Colleen Hoover

It would help the poor people who need jobs. Minimum wage is a mandate. We're against mandates so why should we have it? It would be very beneficial. — Ron Paul

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself. — Confucius

Our best protection against bigger government in Washington is better government in the states. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome. — Amanda Seyfried

Nothing against the law ever cease to exist. — Charles Bukowski

It's time for the US to widen its circle of learning, not to circle its wagons against hostile ideas in education reform. — Andy Hargreaves

The law fights against life, and life fights against the law. — Vasily Grossman

What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against Disney World and Big Macs than the Nazis? — Dennis Miller

Flows that go against the grain with a story so compellin'
I should mind The People's Court, snatch the mic from Doug Llewellyn — Tash

And when my own Mark Antony
Against young Caesar strove,
And Rome's whole world was set in arms,
The cause was,
all for love. — Robert Southey

The final and conclusive evidence against evolution is the fact that the Bible denies it. — Henry M. Morris

As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience. — Wilhelm Frick

When your back is against the wall, you will find it is a good place to push off. — Jeffrey Fry

Even in extreme conditions, we should not act according to the flesh, for it lusts against the spirit — Sunday Adelaja

I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust. — Mae West

In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa. — Horst Koehler

...nothing happens to the wise man against his expectation. — Seneca.

To set up what you like against what you dislike, this is the disease of the mind. — Sengcan

I'm anti-making new laws. I feel like assault is already against the law. — Mary Katharine Ham

For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time. — Romesh Gunesekera

All religions issue bibles again Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side. — Mark Twain

The Sin against God's Law Resulted in the Fall of Man — Sunday Adelaja

I completely remember the horror I felt when my pits started getting hairy. I would walk with my arms pressed against my sides. — Lisi Harrison

Be my friends against the day I shall be on the brink of hell, as I was once before — Alain-Fournier

I push back against him, meeting his forceful pounds with my eager pu*sy. Riding the razors edge of climactic heaven. — S.K. Logsdon

Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern. — Edward Moore

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax. — Tom Osborne

There were many peddlers like her among the prisoners: women who were only trying to make a living by selling vegetables, which was against the law. — Anonymous

The war against terrorism is one we must win. — Lisa Murkowski

I need to rebel against myself. It's the opposite of following your bliss. I need to do what I most fear. — Chuck Palahniuk

When it all comes down to it, it's just me and her against the world. Always has been. — Jessica Sorensen

If we want to defend the country, we have to defend against who's coming in. — Ted Cruz

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts. — Thomas Sowell

Ty leaned against one of the pillars. His hands fluttered at his sides like night butterflies. — Cassandra Clare

Thus for me, the principal meaning of being a Jew was something people reliably held against me, a barrier to overcome. — Scott Turow

Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain. — Friedrich Schiller

What is the use of fine feelings when pitted against the power of instinct? And what chance does modest restraint have against that of natural desire? — Guy De Maupassant

Forgive those who trespass against you, so that God may forgive your trespasses, incomparably greater than the trespasses of others against you. — John Of Kronstadt

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux

The "coalition against terrorism" means the United States. It does not wish anyone else to interfere with its strategy. — Tariq Ali

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. — Nicola Sturgeon

To isolate life from danger is a mission impossible! To take precautions against the dangers, that is the necessary and plausible mission! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Be prepared to do whatever you have to do. If you get put in a situation where your back is up against the wall let your gun go off. — Curtis Jackson

Well you've been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking. — John Boyne

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

As a scientist I rebelled against the disorder, and I had long since discovered that nothing thwarted the mental processes like clutter. — Deanna Raybourn

I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. — Eric Massa

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you. — Charles George Gordon

God works all things together for your good. If the waves roll against you, it only speeds your ship towards the port — Charles Spurgeon

I would not admire hitting against Ryne Duren, because if he ever hit you in the head you might be in the past tense. — Casey Stengel

Forgiveness is the most powerful force against enemies. — Debasish Mridha