Weakening Quotes

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power.

I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader`s defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.

It is tough to see the yen weakening dramatically. And it`s pretty easy to make a case for it continuing to go stronger.

What`s troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man`s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation`s standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

It`s hard to imagine that there will be a move towards yanking that guarantee, or weakening the implied guarantee, because it just makes too much sense for the average U.S. citizen. Their benefit is they save money on the mortgage rate because of Fannie and Freddie`s status, but bear the risk of either or both of these businesses going bankrupt. The odds of that are so small that the benefit, in my view, greatly outweighs the cost, and it`s hard to see Congress changing that story. And Fannie and Freddie`s debt is the really the cheapest form of debt outside of Treasury debt.

I think the reason that the U.S. would not want to be seen to be backing off from the strong-dollar policy is that it gives the markets the license to sell the dollar. And I think that obviously if we see a weakening economy and a weakening currency, that poses all sorts of problems for the administration and for the Fed.

May I be looking at you when my last hour has come, and dying may I hold you with my weakening hand

God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling, and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived. If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor in a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the enemy, and please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I shall leave behind. Give us the victory, Lord.

Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.