#resistance

The history of liberty is a history of resistance. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. ↗

— Andre Gide

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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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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people. ↗

— Bill Alexander

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Our reports about civilian casualties here, about the resistance of the Iraqi forces, are going back to the United States. It helps those who oppose the war when you challenge the policy to develop their arguments. ↗

— Peter Arnett

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The simple fact is this: they are foreigners inside a country which has rejected them. Therefore, these foreigners wherever they go or travel they will be rained down with bullets from everyone. Attacks by members of the resistance will only go up. ↗

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

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Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated. ↗

— Isaiah Berlin

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If I have resistance to something, it means there's something wrong. The resistance to me is a sign of fear. ↗

— Billy Corgan

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Do we have to stare death in the face to make us stand up and confront Resistance? ↗

— Steven Pressfield

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