Against Quotes

When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.

It is a huge honour to be recognised as the world's best commentator, particularly against so many sporting greats.

In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions on activities that might harm the environment, or take advantage of middle-class families, or threaten to bring down the entire financial system.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

I've been told by people that it's okay to cry but, you know what, it's been used against me.

A man with money is no match against a man on a mission.

We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it.

I'm against the capturing of Eastern Orthodox temples.

My own view would be to let Saddam bluster, let him rant and rave all he wants. As long as he behaves himself within his own borders, we should not be addressing any attack or resources against him.

Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth.

For if there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life.

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes.

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it.

Although every step must be taken to protect against a chemical or biological attack in America, our nation would survive the use of those weapons as we did when anthrax was mailed to our Capitol and other targets.

There ought to be a law against necessity.

They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch.

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.

Patriotism is best exemplified through auto-critique. When you're willing to stand up within the group and say, 'It is wrong for Black people to be anti-Semitic,' or 'It is wrong for America to discriminate against persons of African descent and made them slaves and based its wealth upon free labor,' it's crucial to say that.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.

We were having a trial game against Leeds, and Jack Charlton was the boss of Middlesbrough at the time.

The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a ton of money, but actually only government can use force.