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This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Wordiness
Winston Churchill

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A person who is wise does nothing against their will, nothing with sighing or under coercion.
Will and Will Power
Marcus T. Cicero

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There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
Uncategorised
Calvin Coolidge

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O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
Applause
William Cowper

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Will cannot be quenched against its will.
Will and Will Power
Dante Alighieri

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Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.
Government
John Foster Dulles

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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Resistance
Wayne Dyer

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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
Credulity
Tryon Edwards

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Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
Conscience
Albert Einstein

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No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.
Understanding
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
Rumors
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
Intelligence and Intellectuals
David Fasold

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The best education consists in immunizing people against systematic attempts at education
Education
Paul Karl Feyerabend

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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Envy
Henry Fielding

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I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
Elections
W. C. Fields

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If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
Excellence
Ray Floyd

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Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.
Opposition
Gene Fowler

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Against change of fortune set a brave heart.
Fortune
French Proverb

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People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.
Teams and Teamwork
Dr. Allan Fromme

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The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.
History and Historians
James A. Froude

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Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.
Imagination
Jules de Gaultier

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
Critics and Criticism
German Proverb

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I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it.
Work
Dobie Gillis

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All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.
Class
William E. Gladstone

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You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.
Reform
William E. Gladstone

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun