#weaken

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more. ↗

— William Collins

#easily #him #humor #i #i can

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens. ↗

— David Brin

#america #been #before #being #bio

Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#blind #blind eye #care costs #costs #country

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#i #mean #taliban #view #weakened

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#down #go #ought #taxes #think

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#government #individual #need #responsibility #rights

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#embargo #imposed #maintained #nicaragua #power

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me. ↗

— Charles Kettering

#bring #good #good news #me #news

The U.S.-led forces have the money, weapons and huge numbers, but these things are not going to weaken our will because God is with us. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#forces #god #going #huge #huge numbers

At a time when our moral standing in the world has been weakened by a rubber stamp Justice Department that placed the Bush Administration above the law, we now need someone who is objective and independent. And, make no mistake, Eric Holder is independent. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#administration #been #bush #bush administration #department