Subverted Quotes

Tolkien went through it himself (as an infantryman) in World War I. But it just got worse in his lifetime... I think he was very preoccupied with the nature of evil, the nature of technology, the way in which things could be abused, the way good intentions are subverted. That's what it's all about. - Tom Shippey

This means that the commission is supporting the position of the environmental groups and the communities who have claimed all along that the application was incomplete and would have subverted due process. Environmental groups and communities will celebrate this as a first victory against this unnecessary project. - David Hogan

The will of the American people cannot be subverted in case after case, on issue after issue, year after year, without provoking a strong counter-reaction. - Karl Rove

The public trust ... was subverted and betrayed, and Canadians were outraged, not only be cause public funds were wasted and misappropriated, but also because no one was held responsible or punished for his misconduct. - John Gomery

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted. - Edmund Burke

Sharon has subverted the whole process by turning it into something sequential and conditional and, of course, by making himself the interpreter of the road map. - Hanan Ashrawi

If the president has subverted that system which he was sworn to uphold, any president in that situation, I believe, would be susceptible to impeachment, you know, in my view, any president should consider resigning. - John Ashcroft

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight. - Peter Brimelow