#resist

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists. ↗

— Robert Greene

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Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. ↗

— William Greider

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The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these operations have stopped. Did they then remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organisations? We do not launch wars. We are people resisting occupation. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence. ↗

— Albert Bushnell Hart

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This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

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Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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I can resist everything except temptation. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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