These are serious matters, and we can never let up on these sanctions [against Russia].
In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman.
American farmers, by making the commitment to grow more corn for ethanol, are at the top of the spear on the war against terrorism.
Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?
People are pushing against the fabric of society all the time.
He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.
The beginning of Christendom, is, strictly, at a point out of time. A metphysical trigonometry finds it among the spiritual Secrets, at the meeting of two heavenward lines, one drawn from Bethany along the Ascent of the Messias, the other from Jerusalem against the Descent of the Paraclete. That measurement, the measurement of eternity in operation, of the bright cloud and the rushing wind, is, in effect, theology.
If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the military will have strength. [thus they] will have the means by which they may fight, and thus ascend to supremacy.
The sad truth is that man's real life consists of a complex of inexorable opposites - day and night, birth and death, happiness and misery, good and evil. We are not even sure that one will prevail against the other, that good will overcome evil, or joy defeat pain. Life is a battleground. It always has been and always will be; and if it were not so, existence would come to an end.
Thought is a disease of the brain. The mind defends itself against the degenerative process of creativity; it begins to jell; notions solidify into inalterable systems.
Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)
Never put sofas against wall.
I grew up playing war. We threw dirt and rocks at each other. We'd lead attacks. We'd break up into squads. It became a neighborhood thing for a while, our neighborhood against the other neighborhood. There was always a war breaking out somewhere.
I let go of the past and choose to accept every situation as being for me and not against me.
A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It meets the stimulus, and corresponds with it.
This is a very fashionable charge to bring against a company. This is one of the consequences, in this country, of being in the Internet industry. I think it's quite scandalous, they brought the weakest charges they had.
I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.
Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality. . . . . . let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win.
You will find liberals always rooting for savages against civilization.
Everyone who chooses to live in Europe must accept the basic values. This includes the rule of law as well as equality of men and women and non-discrimination against religious and other minorities.