Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
France, because it was attacked cowardly, shamelessly, violently, France will be merciless against the barbarians of Daesh.
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.
The ur-conservatives of the 1950s - William F. Buckley Jr., Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and all the rest - were revolting not against a liberal administration but against the moderate conservatism of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The battleground has been moderates of all faith traditions in all the countries of the world against the radicals of all faith traditions in all parts of the world.
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
But the battles against loneliness that I fought when I was 16 are very different from those I fought when I was 27, and those are very different from the ones I fight at 44.
When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it.
There is one taboo against meat-eating. It divides Hindus into vegetarians and flesh eaters. There is another taboo which is against beef eating. It divides Hindus into those who eat cow's flesh and those who do not.
All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.
I reject this idea that who Bernie Sanders was in the 1960s is irrelevant. Who you are and what you do, what you fought for, and who and what you fought against, is always relevant.
We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.
The Chinese government does not like people betting against the yuan.
Should the Catholic Church find itself discriminated against by the Obama administration on key delivery of services because of the bias and the bigotry of the administration?
Wall Street is always too biased toward short-term profitability and biased against long-term growth.
I've always been interested in setting my stories against a big event, the importance of which my younger readers are slowly becoming aware of as they move into their teens.
I've taken my beatings and learned how to get around and succeed against the big guys.
In criticizing an ideology, one cannot be racist, hateful, or bigoted. These descriptors apply to positions held against people and not ideologies.
There is a difference between being offended and being prejudiced and even being bigoted against. There's a difference between that and racism.
Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.
