The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
Thomas Jefferson

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.
Thomas Jefferson

Resort is had to ridicule only when reason is against us.
Thomas Jefferson

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Stephen Covey

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

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

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
Barack Obama

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.
Mark Twain

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.
Mark Twain

A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.
Winston Churchill

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

The length of this document defends it well against the risk of its being read.
Winston Churchill

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston Churchill

People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
Vince Lombardi

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.
Kahlil Gibran