Quotes about Undermine

Undermine their pompous authority, reject their moral standards, make anarchy and disorder your trademarks. Cause as much chaos and disruption as possible but don't let them take you ALIVE. Votes: 4

Undermine the entire economic structure of society by leaving the pay toilet door ajar so the next person can get in free. Votes: 3

No one can undermine national unity. Votes: 2

By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today. Votes: 2

I think placing preconditions before negotiations is the quickest way to undermine peace. Votes: 2

The president's dream of a worldwide liberal utopia is going to undermine the security of the United States. Votes: 2

The financial crisis should not become an excuse to raise taxes, which would only undermine the economic growth required to regain our strength. Votes: 2

Christmas is taken very seriously in this household. I believe in Father Christmas, and there's no way I'd do anything to undermine that belief. Votes: 2

I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the ballgame, ever. Votes: 2

I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality. Votes: 2

The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it. Votes: 2

Judge Afiuni has suffered enough. She has been subject to acts of violence and humiliations to undermine her human dignity. I am convinced that she must be set free. Votes: 2

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice. Votes: 2

The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization. Votes: 2

If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice, however irresponsible or misleading it may be, to gain traction. Votes: 2

Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that undermine our best attempts at organizing ourselves into social units. Votes: 2

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. Votes: 2

Going to school on a campus where the faculty overwhelmingly disagrees with you, and where the student body overwhelmingly disagrees with you, is challenging. If you go in without a firm foundation, it can undermine what you believe. Votes: 2

Not only does neoliberalism undermine both civic education and public values and confuse education with training, it also treats knowledge as a product, promoting a neoliberal logic that views schools as malls, students as consumers, and faculty as entrepreneurs. Votes: 2

To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. Votes: 2

When you rely on incentives, you undermine virtues. Then when you discover that you actually need people who want to do the right thing, those people don't exist because you've crushed anyone's desire to do the right thing with all these incentives. Votes: 2

There is no more effective way to radicalize American Muslim youth than for political leaders to make public displays of prejudice against all Muslims. Suspicion will undermine their sense of identification with America and alienate some from both the culture and from politics. Votes: 2

It is still fashionable to believe that how you organize yourself religiously in this life may matter for eternity. Unless we can erode the prestige of that kind of thinking, we're not going to be able to undermine these divisions in our world. Votes: 2

Everyone who is critical of Israeli policy is deluged by crazed messages intended to flood their email system or, more insidiously, passwords are accessed and messages sent out under their name! I'm sure it's illegal. It's also an effort to undermine free speech. Votes: 2

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. Votes: 2

Allowing a handful of broadband carriers to determine what people see and do online would fundamentally undermine the features that have made the Internet such a success, and could permanently compromise the Internet as a platform for the free exchange of information, commerce, and ideas. Votes: 2

Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations. Votes: 1

Skepticism may undermine beliefs, but never belief. Votes: 0

I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits. Votes: 0

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism. Votes: 0

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership. Votes: 0

You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime. Votes: 0

Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else. Votes: 0

I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. Votes: 0

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals. Votes: 0

People who attack others need rationalizations for doing so. We undermine those rationalizations. Votes: 0

To sustain your belief through situations that completely undermine it is quite something. Votes: 0

Those who willfully conceal assets overseas undermine the playing field for all taxpayers. Votes: 0

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something. Votes: 0

Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics Votes: 0

Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage. Votes: 0

The moment that you place blame somewhere, you undermine your resolve to change anything. Votes: 0

It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future Votes: 0

Try to avoid complaints. Self-pity even when legitimate never fails to undermine your strength. Votes: 0

What the right-wing in the United States tries to do is undermine the press. Votes: 0

The Russians have had and continue to have an active program to undermine American society. Votes: 0

The best of wages will not compensate for excessively long working hours which undermine heath. Votes: 0

I don't think it's good for America to have a former president undermine a current president. Votes: 0

It isn't the past which holds us back, it's the future; and how we undermine it, today. Votes: 0

The greatest enemy of authority, therefore, is contempt, and the surest way to undermine it is laughter. Votes: 0

The president's dream of a worldwide liberal utopia is going to undermine the security of the United States. Votes: 0

Discriminatory wage practices undermine women's ability to provide for their families and survive on a decent retirement income. Votes: 0

In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River. Votes: 0

When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism... Votes: 0

As women demanded access to power, the power structure used the beauty myth materially to undermine women's advancement. Votes: 0

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it. Votes: 0

Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible. Votes: 0

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live. Votes: 0

Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health. Votes: 0

Microsoft is unlawfully taking advantage of its Windows monopoly to protect and to extend that monopoly and undermine consumer choice. Votes: 0

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. Votes: 0

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people Votes: 0

Though women have small force to overcome men by reason; yet have they good fortune to undermine them by policy. Votes: 0

You have the right to anything. Does that undermine the fabric of our society? I would argue yes, it does. Votes: 0

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith. Votes: 0

Barack Obama is a street corner community organizer who is using the office of the presidency here to virtually undermine it. Votes: 0

That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services. Votes: 0

Barack Obama is a street corner community organizer who is using the office of the presidency here to virtually undermine it. Votes: 0

The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. Votes: 0

Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imbalances that create instability and undermine growth. Votes: 0

The fact that he relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign. Votes: 0

The goal of the government is to guarantee the place of Greece in the eurozone against those who want to undermine it. Votes: 0

When people lose faith in the idea, you have to let them go, because they start to undermine it for everyone else. Votes: 0

There's something intrinsically radical about the fantastic aesthetic - starting from the premise that the impossible is true, attempting to undermine expectations. Votes: 0

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Votes: 0

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung Votes: 0

Sustainability is growth based on forms and processes of development that do not undermine the integrity of the environment on which they depend Votes: 0

You might have some people that disagree with populism and anti-globalism and so forth, but Donald Trump has no desire to undermine America. Votes: 0

The doctrines which the Jews had been spreading throughout the land for years could not but have helped to undermine the Church's power. Votes: 0

... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted. Votes: 0

The only thing a title can buy is a little time-either to increase your level of influence with others or to undermine it. Votes: 0

Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like it is. Votes: 0

House Republican leaders voted more than 300 times to undermine environmental safeguards since 2011, but almost none of these measures became law because Americans pushed back. Votes: 0

Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain the pulpits. Votes: 0

Indeed we do have an entitlement problem: some feel so entitled to power & wealth that they're willing to undermine our economy and our democracy. Votes: 0

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family. Votes: 0

I'm concerned about the insidious influence of the media's bad messages that undermine the lessons parents try to instill in their sons and daughters. Votes: 0

For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games! Votes: 0

If you wanted to, it would be easy to find some crappy lyrics [of Bob Dylan] from the Eighties to undermine the Nobel Prize. Votes: 0

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine. Votes: 0

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state. Votes: 0

Many of our threats are imaginary. The habits and even obsessions that we develop to keep them away are destructive and undermine our moods constantly. Votes: 0

Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes it. Votes: 0

The broader and more influential organisations of businessmen have acted to undermine the basic foundation of the free market system they purport to represent and defend. Votes: 0

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have. Votes: 0

My mother seemed to undermine so much of what I did, subtly belittling my choices and my activities in light of her greater, more important ones. Votes: 0

The only impregnable citadel of virtue is religion; for there is no bulwark of mere morality, which some temptation may not overtop or undermine, and destroy. Votes: 0

We can do better. ...We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality. Votes: 0

The art of revolutionizing and overturning states is to undermine established customs, by going back to their origin, in order to mark their want of justice. Votes: 0

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior. Votes: 0

Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it. Votes: 0

For the West, they wanted to undermine the Syrian positions. For the petrodollar countries like Saudi Arabia, they're thinking undermining Syria will undermine Iran on sectarian basis. Votes: 0

What do the Republicans say? Donald Trump? They say they're just going to roll back the Dodd-Frank regulations. They want to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Votes: 0

Social solidarities are torn apart, furthering the retreat into orbits of the private that undermine those spaces that nurture non-commodified knowledge, values, critical exchange and civic literacy. Votes: 0

No matter how successful a relationship may be, both sexually and emotionally, the lack of money can hamper and undermine, little by little, even the greatest passion. Votes: 0

We must allow the Word of God to confront us, to disturb our security, to undermine our complacency and to overthrow our patterns of thought and behavior. Votes: 0

If you care about other people, you might try to organize to undermine power and authority. That's not going to happen if you care only about yourself. Votes: 0

Despite its enormous power and wealth, China's ruling elite remains absolutely petrified that the free flow of information will undermine its political legitimacy, particularly among China's younger generation. Votes: 0

We will not let terrorists change our way of life; we will not live in fear; and we will not undermine the civil liberties that characterize our Democracy. Votes: 0

To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination. Votes: 0

Some women are great, and you wouldn't have been able to get to where you are without them, and others are doing what they can to undermine you. Votes: 0

Poetry exists partly to undermine the certainties of an accepted intellectual system, by opening a fissure of awareness at which the reality of the unconquered world may enter. Votes: 0

It is a contradiction to support increased development assistance, yet turn a blind eye to actions by multinationals anothers that undermine the tax base of a developing country. Votes: 0

In large organizations the dilution of information as it passes up and down the hierarchy, and horizontally across departments, can undermine the effort to focus on common goals. Votes: 0

Vanity and narcissism "” the compulsive need to be admired and praised "” undermine one's courage, for one then fights on someone else's conviction rather than one's own. Votes: 0

Of course, the new domestic paramilitary forces will also undermine free speech and dissent with the threat of force while simultaneously threatening core civil liberties, rights and civic responsibilities. Votes: 0

All branches of our government today are controlled by individuals who use their power to undermine liberty and enhance the welfare/warfare state-and frequently their own wealth and power, Votes: 0

Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine and suppress voting rights. Votes: 0

Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society. Votes: 0

We still nurse a sense of our homogeneity and difference from others, and that's precisely what the European Union, in my view, should be doing its best to undermine. Votes: 0

In you is the illusion of each day. You arrive like the dew to the cupped flowers. You undermine the horizon with your absence. Eternally in flight like the wave. Votes: 0

Such self-referent misgivings creates stress and undermine effective use of the competencies people possess by diverting attention from how best to proceed to concern over personal failings and possible mishaps Votes: 0

A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist governments and undermine and destroy popular movements whenever possible. Votes: 0

Drugs are nihilistic: they undermine all values and radically overturn all our ideas about good and evil, what is just and what is unjust, what is permitted and what is forbidden. Votes: 0

I agree that we must expand opportunities for retirement saving, but we must not undermine this worthy effort with a flawed privatization scheme that takes the 'security' out of Social Security. Votes: 0

Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war. Votes: 0

... courage is accompanied by patience and firm resolution? God sets courage like a sea around the weakness of our nature, enabling us to undermine the strongholds and citadels of the enemy. Votes: 0

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America. Votes: 0

America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within. Votes: 0

I'm not the one who was elected." Although she disagreed with her husband on "a lot of issues," she emphasized, "I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view. Votes: 0

Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse. Votes: 0

Seeing an Earl as an owl on a mantelpiece, and having part of one's face removed by a cat, both on the same morning, can temporarily undermine the self-control of any man. Votes: 0

I will continue to decisively promote reforms that will promote growth, and at the same time, I will continue to negotiate hard in order to avoid any reforms that would undermine growth. Votes: 0

To push for excellence today without continuing to push for access for less privileged students is to undermine the crucial but incomplete gains that have been made. Equity and excellence cannot be divided. Votes: 0

With each passing year, experimental observations further undermine the claim of a large positive feedback from water. In fact, observations suggest that the feedback is close to zero or may even be negative. Votes: 0

The army ages men sooner than the law and philosophy; it exposes them more freely to germs, which undermine and destroy, and it shelters them more completely from thought, which stimulates and preserves. Votes: 0

Following is one of the most underrated aspects of leadership.... I have seen many a good [military unit] underachieve, because someone...thought the commander was incompetent, and quietly worked to undermine his authority. Votes: 0

[A dramatic increase in regulation under the Obama administration is] threatening to short-circuit our recovery and undermine our long-term growth....More importantly , it is suffocating the entrepreneurial spirit so vital to America's success. Votes: 0

I have always wanted to midcourse-correct (or undermine) in a poem, and let that be the turn. That poem is to do with displacement, with almosts - even the rhymes are intentionally off. Votes: 0

Those parts of history that would undermine the vision of the Left - which prevails in our education system from elementary school to postgraduate study - are not likely to get much attention. Votes: 0

In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations. Votes: 0

We have the most generous immigration policy, but what is a concern is when illegal immigrants come and undermine a variety of the systems that work in order to make our society function. Votes: 0

An interesting thing about book groups, it seems to me, is that there is no correlation between a brilliant book and a brilliant discussion. The first seems sometimes even to undermine the second. Votes: 0

Every tax cut I call for is targeted, it's responsible and it is paid for within my balanced budget plan. My tax cuts will not undermine our economy. They will speed economic growth. Votes: 0

I guess the verdict is in - I am not a sociopath. It's not effective or productive not to be nice. It would undermine the goals I want to achieve on any given day. Votes: 0

Typically, when there are corporate habits that undermine individuals, it has emerged without any sort of central planning. Nobody sits down and says, 'I'm going to create an evil habit for this corporation.' Votes: 0

Part of the NAFTA legislation required studies of labor practices, and there was quite a good study that came out by a labor historian on the use of NAFTA to undermine and destroy unions. Votes: 0

Habits of pessimism lead to depression, wither achievement, and undermine physical health. The good news is that pessimism can be unlearned, and that with its removal depression, underachievement, and poor health can be alleviated. Votes: 0

I intend to be the president of all citizens of Macedonia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background, regardless of their political standing. I shall not allow ethnic hatred and intolerance to undermine Macedonia's stability. Votes: 0

Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics. That's a dangerous slope, because the problem of course is you're not undermining just that, you're undermining the basis of rational decision-making in society. Votes: 0

If we allow terrorism to undermine our freedom of action, we could reverse at least part of the palpable gains achieved by postwar globalization. It is incumbent upon us not to allow that to happen. Votes: 0

Few trends could so thoroughly undermine the very foundations of our free society as the acceptance by corporate officials of a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible. Votes: 0

Today, cultural and legal changes mean that individuals expect and demand a voice in decisions that affect their lives and often they have the power to undermine those decisions if they aren't allow their voice. Votes: 0

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence. Votes: 0

Religious tolerance does not mean one cannot express his own beliefs. It does mean that seeking to undermine or attack the religious faith and beliefs of another has always been a short road to trouble. Votes: 0

When people say God blessed me with a beautiful jump shot, it really pisses me off. I tell those people, 'Don't undermine the work I've put in every day.' Not some days. Every day. Votes: 0