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Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words. – Ursula K. LeGuin	added by JokerGem 7 months ago
I’ll resist for just a few more hours what I’ve resisted for a few weeks, which is to comment on specific candidates, kevin McCarthy is part of the problem. – Bob Good	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they have resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress. – Frederick Douglass	added by Normando 2 years ago
While these victories reflect the voters’ will to stand for equal rights time and time again at the ballot box, proponents of racial discrimination have resisted at every turn, they now fear that the high court’s decision to strike down racial preferences would take effect across the country not just in select states. – Ying Ma	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
On the day of protest, they tried to take away our Pride flags and stop us from distributing them at the event, i resisted, because Pride flags are a symbol of our community, of our embrace of our queerness, and when you have these bills trying to target and silence queer youth, I didn't understand. I thought it was irrational to try to take away our Pride flags at a rally that is about anti-gay legislation. – Jack Petocz	Found on CNN 2 years ago
When Trump was in the White House… and made repeated pleas to the Republican Senate to try and get rid of the filibuster, we resisted that. The reason we did is because we knew someday we would be in the minority. – John Thune	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Biden Administration wants to accelerate this process and install critical race theory ideology further into the bureaucracyof the federal government, it must be stopped. It must be resisted. ‘Bancritical race theory’ should be the conservative slogan moving forward. – Chris Rufo	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
A few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town. – Dulce Vazquez	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Oral history tells us that it was very difficult for them to leave the place, not just because of the buildings, but because of the sense of belonging to the place, a few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town. – Dulce Vazquez	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature. – George Washington	added by ValidVibes 3 years ago
Immigrant youth have resisted this cruel administration's continuous attacks, and once more we have won, now, first-time applicants like me will be able to have access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and current recipients will be able to breathe a little easier as DACA is restored to its original form. I am now able to look forward to returning to school, and feel safe that I won't be separated from my community. – Johana Larios	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Mr. Price resisted the effects of the taser and attempted to take it away from officer Lucas, officer Lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance w/ Texas law when he was confronted with an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser. – Lucas Dallas-based attorney	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This was a practice that punished all patrol Deputies that either refused to join the gang or otherwise resisted the gangs far-reaching influence at the Station. – Alan Romero	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The gang controlled the scheduling, and therefore even having a sick child that needed nonstop medical care was secondary to making sure the gang members got their preferred shifts, this was a practice that punished all patrol Deputies that either refused to join the gang or otherwise resisted the gangs far-reaching influence at the Station. – Alan Romero	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I was not briefed on the Russian military intelligence but it shows that we need in this coming defense bill, which we're debating this week, tough sanctions against Russia which thus far Mitch McConnell has resisted. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 4 years ago
There's a method here to Chinese operations and it is that constant aggression, the constant attempt to shift the norms, to shift what is the status quo, that has to be resisted whether it's in the South China Sea... or whether it's in India's own backyard. – Alice Wells	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Initially he resisted. He feared change, and he was concerned that his stuff was going to be left behind and he wouldn't get it back, ever. – Bob Webb	Found on CNN 4 years ago
This is a dereliction of supervision duty and it should be resolutely resisted. – Liu Bingjiang	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Some Democrats's been under enormous pressure at times from certain members to shut down the investigation, I've been under pressure to reach a conclusion before we're finished, i think we've resisted that, and I think as you see the work product of this committee, the committee will be proud, and candidly the American public will get to see how the Congress is supposed to work. – Mark Warner	Found on CNN 5 years ago
For years the sunscreen chemical manufactures have resisted common sense safety testing for their ingredients and now FDA is proposing that these common ingredients must undergo additional testing to stay on the market. – David Andrews	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have resisted for five centuries and we are not going to surrender in four years. We will continue fighting. – Sonia Guajajara	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The Trump administration has generally chosen to ignore Pyongyang's public signals, including escalating signals of displeasure with the negotiations, so far, North Korea has not walked away from the table, but they also have resisted pressure to make substantive progress on the nuclear question. – Kim Dong-yub	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have resisted the temptation to position the (EU) Commission in terms of sentiments, we dont do that. – European Union	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It is a sensible option and necessary in terms of managing risk but the elite conservatives that govern have resisted strongly despite robust public support for female succession. – Jeff Kingston	Found on CNN 6 years ago

Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

– Ursula K. LeGuin

added by JokerGem
7 months ago

I’ll resist for just a few more hours what I’ve resisted for a few weeks, which is to comment on specific candidates, kevin McCarthy is part of the problem.

– Bob Good

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they have resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.

– Frederick Douglass

added by Normando
2 years ago

While these victories reflect the voters’ will to stand for equal rights time and time again at the ballot box, proponents of racial discrimination have resisted at every turn, they now fear that the high court’s decision to strike down racial preferences would take effect across the country not just in select states.

– Ying Ma

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

On the day of protest, they tried to take away our Pride flags and stop us from distributing them at the event, i resisted, because Pride flags are a symbol of our community, of our embrace of our queerness, and when you have these bills trying to target and silence queer youth, I didn't understand. I thought it was irrational to try to take away our Pride flags at a rally that is about anti-gay legislation.

– Jack Petocz

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When Trump was in the White House… and made repeated pleas to the Republican Senate to try and get rid of the filibuster, we resisted that. The reason we did is because we knew someday we would be in the minority.

– John Thune

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Biden Administration wants to accelerate this process and install critical race theory ideology further into the bureaucracyof the federal government, it must be stopped. It must be resisted. ‘Bancritical race theory’ should be the conservative slogan moving forward.

– Chris Rufo

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

A few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town.

– Dulce Vazquez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Oral history tells us that it was very difficult for them to leave the place, not just because of the buildings, but because of the sense of belonging to the place, a few resisted until they saw it was already a reality that the water would arrive and cover the entire town.

– Dulce Vazquez

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.

– George Washington

added by ValidVibes
3 years ago

Immigrant youth have resisted this cruel administration's continuous attacks, and once more we have won, now, first-time applicants like me will be able to have access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and current recipients will be able to breathe a little easier as DACA is restored to its original form. I am now able to look forward to returning to school, and feel safe that I won't be separated from my community.

– Johana Larios

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Mr. Price resisted the effects of the taser and attempted to take it away from officer Lucas, officer Lucas only discharged his weapon in accordance w/ Texas law when he was confronted with an aggressive assailant who was attempting to take his taser.

– Lucas Dallas-based attorney

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

This was a practice that punished all patrol Deputies that either refused to join the gang or otherwise resisted the gangs far-reaching influence at the Station.

– Alan Romero

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The gang controlled the scheduling, and therefore even having a sick child that needed nonstop medical care was secondary to making sure the gang members got their preferred shifts, this was a practice that punished all patrol Deputies that either refused to join the gang or otherwise resisted the gangs far-reaching influence at the Station.

– Alan Romero

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I was not briefed on the Russian military intelligence but it shows that we need in this coming defense bill, which we're debating this week, tough sanctions against Russia which thus far Mitch McConnell has resisted.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
4 years ago

There's a method here to Chinese operations and it is that constant aggression, the constant attempt to shift the norms, to shift what is the status quo, that has to be resisted whether it's in the South China Sea... or whether it's in India's own backyard.

– Alice Wells

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Initially he resisted. He feared change, and he was concerned that his stuff was going to be left behind and he wouldn't get it back, ever.

– Bob Webb

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This is a dereliction of supervision duty and it should be resolutely resisted.

– Liu Bingjiang

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Some Democrats's been under enormous pressure at times from certain members to shut down the investigation, I've been under pressure to reach a conclusion before we're finished, i think we've resisted that, and I think as you see the work product of this committee, the committee will be proud, and candidly the American public will get to see how the Congress is supposed to work.

– Mark Warner

Found on CNN
5 years ago

For years the sunscreen chemical manufactures have resisted common sense safety testing for their ingredients and now FDA is proposing that these common ingredients must undergo additional testing to stay on the market.

– David Andrews

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have resisted for five centuries and we are not going to surrender in four years. We will continue fighting.

– Sonia Guajajara

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The Trump administration has generally chosen to ignore Pyongyang's public signals, including escalating signals of displeasure with the negotiations, so far, North Korea has not walked away from the table, but they also have resisted pressure to make substantive progress on the nuclear question.

– Kim Dong-yub

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have resisted the temptation to position the (EU) Commission in terms of sentiments, we dont do that.

– European Union

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It is a sensible option and necessary in terms of managing risk but the elite conservatives that govern have resisted strongly despite robust public support for female succession.

– Jeff Kingston

Found on CNN
6 years ago

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