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standing up to

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Standing up to your government can mean standing up for your country. Bill Moyers

I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees. Che Guevara

Anyone who thinks they stand apart from society and defies all which govern its existence has less in common with the lone wolf patriot standing up to dystopic forces of oppression - a myth - and more in common with the disease known as cancer - a harsh reality. Steven Weber

The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, "It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified." Tony Blair

When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up to guys like Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a conservative. Bret Stephens

I've always admired President Chavez for standing up to imperialism and the meddling of the American government in South America. Cindy Sheehan

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