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.

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

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

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

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

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?
Winston Churchill

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

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin

How well he's read, to reason against reading!
William Shakespeare

Men shut their doors against a setting sun.
William Shakespeare

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

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.
John F. Kennedy

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
Friedrich Nietzsche