#against

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class. ↗

— Annie Besant

#austere #beneficent #celestial #class #crowds

The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#aggressive #important #investigative #mob #powerful

When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable. ↗

— Bill Bradley

#against #elicit #expectations #held #make

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder. ↗

— Richard Francis Burton

#blunder #former #however #may #native

I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#against #anyone #being #class #compared

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. ↗

— Drew Carey

#always #certainly #good #government #guidelines

In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security. ↗

— Russ Carnahan

#additional #again #against #amendment #calling

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#allies #analysis #capabilities #collection #defense

Taxes are like abortion, and not just because both are grotesque procedures supported by Democrats. You're for them or against them. Taxes go up or down; government raises taxes or lowers them. But Democrats will not let the words "abortion" or "tax hikes" pass their lips. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#against #because #both #democrats #down

Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#belief #free #free market #freedom #itself