#crushed

From the material point of view the proposal is unacceptable, for France, without further territory in Europe being taken from her, could be so crushed as to lose her position as a Great Power, and become subordinate to German policy. ↗

— Edward Grey

#being #could #crushed #europe #france

People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#hopes #law #laws #people #power

It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others. ↗

— John Malkovich

#criticise #crushed #gift #given #me

I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear. ↗

— Ma Jian

#chinese #chinese people #could #crushed #fear

Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#deceived #fortune #good #good fortune #ill

Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on. ↗

— Richard Trumka

#air #choke #collapsing #corporations #crushed

How can it be wrong? Love picks the right path, not the one of least resistance. ↗

— Debra Anastasia

#bittersweet-seraphim #crushed-seraphim #debra-anastasia #jack #love

When I was 12, I had a coach tell me I would never be a championship pitcher. That devastated me. I was crushed. ↗

— Jennie Finch

#coach #crushed #devastated #had #i

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you. ↗

— Ted Nugent

#crushed #evil #get #good #survives

We will all, someday, experience death, and become obsolete as a dead leaf falling from a tree, crushed by passersby to ashes underlying the earth. ↗

— Kim Elizabeth

#become #crushed #dead #death #earth